Ouroboros Spine the one who devours

aw! shikoba is performing extra security measures with more active border patrols!

she has known that the hellcat has returned to spill blood upon stone once again.

as shikoba walks the borders this night, the sky is darkened with clouds. despite the lack of moonlight, she still walks with purpose in the darkness and pushes her scent against every inch of her home. she would not allow Moonglow to fall victim, as Lost Creek Hollow had done before in the past. she had survived once, perhaps she would do so again if lucky. when the spine would come to call for her to protect it, shikoba would heed.

there is a phantom pain that flickers on her scars, faded but not gone away. across her face and her shoulder, she remembered the greyed cat who left her for dead. and every day she hoped that his head lay upon a stick somewhere, as he earned no respect for a peaceful death and burial.

she pauses as she looks out, breath billowing from dark lips in a plume as smoke would from a dragon. she has been on edge since she had heard from moon woman that tulukiri had fallen. star hunter would promise herself that no others would be lost under her careful watch and power. her hackles are spiked, her tail flagged as she rumbles an anxious growl.

a terrifying gnarl, one that might echo through the open lands of the spine. moonglow was hers to protect.