She found comfort in the devil's embrace, succumbing to the warmth of his presence as one would the brilliance of the sun at its peak. Her belly now full, the contentment rose til she was a woman at peace, accepting of all the things. The winds of the mountain that told of life that dwelt within its crevices, the cologne of the male beside her that professed tales of travel and the kill only just downed and fed upon. His was a scent she turned to with a manner of contained acceptance and the faintest glimmer of hope. And dare she admit it, she had come to enjoy it however sharp, however brief she came to sense it.
And then he spoke, raising the head of the female with ears drawn forward to receive his gospel. Readily accepting is not eager to indulge, then quickly turned frightened as they fell to hide within their russet folds once more.
The wind could have shaken her then from the mountain and let her fall upon the rocks to end her bitter life. Though her paws remained rooted even as her body trembled. The instinctive response for flight near took hold, pressing her paws against the earth to aid in her rise... yet she paused. Her eyes turned from the earth to him to greet the hellish eye now aglow. Fixed as a demon would look upon his prey awaiting its defiance that it might reveal its nature in spectacular brutal glory. And yet, she did not fear him.
"Tell me why," she defied, letting slip her paws beneath her to return her heavy body to the ground. She remained as near as she had if not closer than before. The overlap of worn appendages shadowed his own as she let her head rest atop them in wait for his answer. She feared of what he asked of her, stark nakedly and true. But the demon himself, her wary was stifled. Monsters roamed the earth at their leisure, ensnaring and corrupting at a whim... without cause. She did not believe him to be such a beast. Monsters did not offer her meals to feed, lest they sought to take her in comfort.
And then, at the very least, she would have passed to the next world content. |