Ouroboros Spine killed by death

we haven't had one yet!!

Today Zane hadn't had much luck hunting, but he did find a pretty awesome thing at the base of the mountain.  It was a twisted tree branch... okay, look.  He wasn't all that great at eyeing things that chicks wanted, but it was shaped in a way that made it look interesting, dried out and hard, and he figured he could toss it at Duchess and let her swoon over it or throw it off the mountain or whatever the fuck she wanted.  He was deadset on wooing her now that she had presented him the challenge.

He dragged the thing towards the spot where she and her elusive (really not, he hadn't bothered) daughter made their home.  The creepy songs had apparently stopped, thank fuck, so he figured they were open for business again.  Or whatever.  And this time he managed to slip past @Raimo, who so far had been irritatingly present with his whole 'why do you want to see them' bit.  Who the fuck was he?

Anyway, if a wolf could be sweating, Zane would be drenched.  The thing he dragged wasn't heavy but the climb was nerve wracking even without a mouth full of wood (lol, ayyyyy).  

He dropped it as soon as he spotted Sialuk and breathed out in a whoosh, pausing to catch for a moment.  Then he put on his best charming smile and began to walk forward with a slight swagger.  Hey Duchess.  What's shaking, gorgeous?  Absolutely failing to notice this wasn't her mom from behind.