Stone Circle push play, stop, rewind

shadow posted, edited - valette being present changes everything LOL rip phas

caiaphas’ watched with a harpy’s sharp gaze as the child wandered closer, seemingly enthralled by the winged fluttering of a mindless insect. once leta’s attention turned, the matriarch rose from concealment and pointed a thin nose towards a bush not too far from where easthollow’s scent was thickest. a butterfly? it’s over there, darling.

her lambent eyes flashed as she eyed the back of the child’s nape; leta need only totter towards the bush, and caiaphas would lunge from the undergrowth and haul her unsuspecting quarry away. she was dreadfully patient as she waited for the right moment, seemingly disarming and yet, poised for action.

at that moment, valette appeared — caiaphas heard her before she saw her, and knew now that time was not a luxury she could afford to spend. with a lunge, caiaphas lurched for the child, attempting to seize leta by her rump and purloin her right from under her mother’s mouth (or from her mouth, if she managed to grab her daughter).