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It was with reluctance that the girl had pulled away from the man, but her heart found contentment in his acceptance of her invitation. Lithe form moved with the fluttering grace of a butterfly and easily found the purple weave. All the while pale yellow studied the dark man’s rugged form, observing the ripple of lean muscle as he moved, tracing his powerful jaw line, lusting for candy apple, before coyly falling away to her own slender legs crossed beneath her. Though his eyes fell upon the tapestry, Clover selfishly took his words’ attention. He would never know the way his voice, so deep and alluring, could make her chest feel weak.
"I’m surprised to find you here," she told him then, eyes lifting to study his brooding features once more. He was a changed man, she could see. Clover could not tell why, but something about Sirius was not the same from when she had met him on the edges of Halcyon those weeks ago. The only way the hippie girl could think to describe it was that his aura had changed. There was something in the air that surrounded Sirius that had not been there before. And whatever it was, it was alluring. The Lykoi child could feel this unknown thing pulling her closer to the thistle king, and she wouldn’t have it any other way.
"Rather far from home, aren’t you love?" To Clover, Sirius was a man of the mountain; perhaps a predator of the mountain. To be this far along the bay, Halcyon had been left behind. She was guilty of traveling too, of course, but she couldn’t help but think this was somehow a sign from Mother Earth. It was such a brilliant coincidence, after all. And best of all, the coyote girl felt free. Clover could see the iron bars swinging open and the flutter of her wings as they tasted the freedom in stretching their entire span. Now it was time to fly away, if only he would once again teach her how.
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