03-30-2012, 10:15 AM
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[/html]Along the coast, everything lost its individuality. The sound of the waves crashing against the shore was furious in Tayui’s ears and obscured the sounds of lesser noises. Scents were thrown around casually and the ocean tossed them back in her face every time it raced to meet her. Confusion was the rule of the land and the reason why few wolves ventured so near the water. They were dangerous.[/html]
It was not until the other wolf was nearing her – too close for comfort – that Tayui heard her. She had been focused on the now and had forgotten everything else. The world rushed to meet her and Tayui did her best not to stagger back from the vertigo. She felt the fur on the back of her neck bristle when the wolf stepped closer and stated a question. There was no inflection in it, so Tayui did not think she had been asked so much as demanded. Haughty, Tayui narrowed her eyes and regarded the female with a cool shake of her head.
“No,” she replied tonelessly. “Why—do you think that?” she queried. Her curiosity was perhaps as insatiable as it had always been, but of course, with a new touch of malignance she had acquired in her time as a loner. [html]