Monsters Are Real

So caught up in his thoughts on what to do and what he probably should have done, he didn't notice the all too familiar creature that was nearby. The summer breeze carried the scent to him, stirring him from his thoughts. Was he so far in the past that he remembered his scent so vividly? Massive head rose, blood red gaze sweeping the scenery, and the moment he saw him, he grew rigid.

It had to be some sort of trick of the desert and the sun...he noticed though, that he was staring right back at him. His scent was too strong...this couldn't be a trick.

Lip curled, baring his canines as his fur bristled. Of all the time they had spent apart, he looked nearly the same as when he had last seen him. Step by step, Acere followed the dried bank until he was standing just mere feet from his brother. While he wished this were a happier reunion, the past and what he had suspected of those four boys ate at him. "What did you do!? He snarled, his maw just inches from Elias' own as he practically shoved it in his face.