Ankyra Sound The Wanderer and the Water [Joining]

Leucothoë heard the howl as well. Deeper into the territory, it took her more time to arrive than it had the others, but she moved as swiftly as she could. The Nereid girl came shortly after the others, in time to hear the tail-end of the males speech: it's going to be a long story. The furs on her nape pricked upward as she looked upon the male swimming so close to their shore. May the Sea drown him, she cursed inwardly; did he think they had the time for witless stories?

Leucothoë pulled up on the other side of Caiaphas, her strut stiff as though she were refraining from rushing him then and there. Her head was kept low, so as to not offend the Queen, and her tail lashed whip-like behind her. Her eyes were hard, and colder than the Sea might feel. Leucothoë bore no affection toward the opposite sex, and that was even truer when they were not of their home.