Moonlight on the Cliff [Skyfire]

She’d heard the younger woman coming, certainly, but she was less than wholly prepared for the monochromatic wolf’s reaction.

None of the surprise showed on her features, save for a lift of the brow points at the enthusiasm. She studied the girl with mild interest as she introduced herself belatedly. The name rang a bell. Hadn’t Cairo mentioned encountering a wolf by that name at the hot springs a ways southwest of here?

Finally, she rose, poised and graceful without effort to fully face the younger woman, haunches settling on the ground as her head cocked. “The status of a wolf in a pack or a kingdom has no bearing on their appearance. However, in my case, yes, I am what some might call a Queen. I am Aurielle Rhiannon-Marie Adravendi, Spirit of Valhalla, a pack in the west of Boreas. And I believe you’ve met my apprentice, Cairo.”

An ironic smile touched her features without rancor as she took in the girl’s appearance. “As for my light, I’ve honestly no idea. It grew in over the summer this year along with the mark around my left eye, and now… well. I glow. I’d rather like it if I didn’t. However, I was born already shimmering and bearing my mane, canines and long tail hair. But they all had to grow in as I grew up.”

Walk ---- "Speak" ---- "Labhair an Sean-Teanga." ---- "Hear" ---- Think