Pupils dilated to adjust to the darkness as a slender coywolf entered the edge of the forest. She moved warily but steadily, swiveling her large ears to keep tabs on her surroundings as her paws brushed softly over the musky leaf-litter that had gathered over the years. She breathed in the cool, damp air, head cocked. Ethereal Eclipse had a suiting name—eerie and dark, the sunlight blocked by a thick canopy of leaves meshing far above her head.
It had been a rather spontaneous decision for her to travel west from the forest she’d hunted in since coming to ’Souls. Part of her was uneasy being so close to the packs lying on the borders of the Dampwoods, and another part was eager to blaze onward. Shaping her future with action had always been a mark of her independence, something that she’d valued greatly since her birth. Still, her paws were weary from a hard pace, and she wasn’t sure that she would have the energy to hunt now that she was here.
Now all that was left was to seek out a secure place to rest—easier said than done, considering she had never been to this part of the peninsula before. Vesper frowned faintly and picked up her pace, trotting across the soft ground and sniffing in revulsion at a tree recently climbed by a squirrel.
A twig snapped under her paw, and she leaped back, a bundle of nerves. She remembered the half-collie that had taunted her for her jumpiness, and her ears flattened. She smirked and gave her tawny coat a quick shake, deciding to venture onward.
In the darkness of the forest, Vesper did not notice the young black she-wolf until she was almost upon her. As it was, the scent of the startled stranger struck her, and the hybrid managed to stop and squint, vaguely making out the shape of the other canine. An awkward frown crawled across her lips.
“Hey,” the coywolf managed, not really sure what else to say in this situation. Her ears lowered again, and her posture was loose and uncertain.
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