Stone Circle ᛊᛁᛞᛁᛏᛁᚱ

She'd been expecting retaliation, but he is quick despite his size. Forest eyes glance sidewards to see him rear and crash downwards, widening as she realises there is not enough time to dodge. And so she lets him.

Strong legs press against hard ground as she surges upwards to meet the force of his blow, ears pinned and teeth gritted with the strain of it. "Haltu kjafti, aufúsi!" the outrider growls as his laughter becomes a war-horn. 

But still she cannot shake the image of Rusalka in her mind's eye. A daughter's urge to prove her wanderlust had all been worth it.

With newfound vigour, Leifa's jaws snap back towards his body, aiming to grasp what she can reach of his shoulder.