I need a break

THE WIND BLOWS LOUDEST WHEN YOU'VE GOT YOUR EYES CLOSED

the heat here was overwhelming. it chokes the long-furred girl as she stumbles across the beach, tongue lolling out the side of her narrow jaws. she's spent the morning running - as she has been for the last weeks - only this time, it seems as though she's finally found... something. someone. her paws skitter across the loose stone, surprised at the crunch of the ground rocks rather than the soft sand she was expecting when the salty tang of the ocean hit her nose - she's seen the shore before, but never something quite like this. it shocks her enough that she rocks to a halt, sides heaving as she hangs at the precipice of the beach, brows lifted over her november-blue eyes, wide with interest. they sweep across the bay, dancing along the peat-black stones, the white-capped waves, before settling on the creature emitting the vague scent of blood and wolf. the sun reflects against the broken up gems at their feet, shining back on the stranger as he carefully paces along the shore, and hadrianna shifts uncomfortably, eyeing him with a mixture of want and suspicion. he's alone - and if the injuries along his side are any indication, he's not in fighting prime; but hadi would be a fool to think him harmless, even with his wounds.

swallowing a shouted greeting, the socked she-wolf lets herself tumble over the obsidian dune she was perched on, unhurriedly - but determinedly - after the man. she makes no attempt to mask the sound of her approach, going so far as to even clear her throat as she comes within a few feet of his backside. she angles towards him, a wide berth, in case he should retaliate, but makes to keep pace with his slow amble. "think it's smart to get salt air in that?" she rumbles by way of greeting, canting her head slightly to the side and crinkling her blue eyes at the edges with a faint smile.