Raven's Watch enthroned, evergreen, above urd's well

Maybe it was the fact that he was weary from his travels yet, or maybe it was simply just a general disregard for the fact that their little sanctum wasn’t a sanctum at all that had let him not see the wolf for who she was. When her groggy head lifted to see him, he realized it was all wrong just a moment too late, and that he had come up on another completely unaware that they had been tucked away.

A snarl split his features clean at the surprise, at her confused tone that somehow came to him as being just as demanding as every other spitfire canine he had encountered in his travels. His lips pulled back to reveal those very sharp, predatory teeth; his words failed him for the bubble of that ugly snarl to match a rather ugly beast. Yet so close to her, she was in the prime spot to have him if only for the motion of a heavy paw he raised to plant against her face and shove her back down.

He needed space to get away, to steel himself and be ready, and this would have to do it.

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