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The silvery coyote waited, listening and watching for the nighttime forest to come alive with Dahlian wolves. She imagined they were everywhere, slowly surrounding the pair of canines, sneaky and silent as the grave. They were closing in on her, and the claustrophobic sense that they were silently assembling all around them would not leave her. Her golden eye flicked wildly this way and that, the child speaking a single words as the hybrid jerked her head to the left, detecting a distinct snapping of twigs. She was convinced that they were all around them now, waiting for the perfect moment to strike her down. Her breath came in hyperventilating gasps and her head swirled back around to face the other canine, golden eye blazing still with that emotion that seemed so foreign to the shadowy-furred pup. With the confirmation of her second question the hybrid could only stare at the blue-eyed puppy, trying to discern Haku in her face.
"You should know fear, with a father like that," the hybrid woman hissed, once again low to the ground, practically twitching with energy. It was not a good energy; this was purely nervous, anxious energy that the hybrid woman could not shake with the thought of Haku so near. She was convinced he was here, hunting her like a goddamn prey animal through the shadowy night. "Where is he?" she demanded once more, the ridge of fur rising along her spine, useless effort to make herself larger. Haku knew her far too well for that; he'd tasted her flesh and blood in every sense of the phrase. "Bet he's coming right now, hm?" the hybrid said, certainly not even beginning to realize how psychotic she looked in that moment, snapping and snarling some feet away from a puppy. If someone didn't stumble on them with the intent to attack Kaena before, they certainly would have attacked her now. It looked as if she was gearing up to attack Night herself, but in truth all of this posturing was a purely defensive act; the hybrid woman truly believed the devil himself was running her down, taking back the life he'd granted her in exchange for her dignity that night in the university.
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