so we meet again

The shadows, Tyrian noted as he looked out over the Forest, were solid and black, and blanketed by a smothering silence. That was one of the things that had always struck him as odd about the place. How heavy the atmosphere was. How serious. As a child he'd been intrigued but there had always been something about the place that demanded he take it seriously. Even as a little boy he'd known to be wary. Now, a grown man confident in his ability to defend himself, Tyrian still felt faintly unnerved by the place. Like he didn't really know what it was capable of only that he had reason to be wary.

"Lovely night, isn't it, Tyrian?" She came. Still staring into the forest, Tyrian chuckled. After a beat her turned to face her with a small smirk on his lips. "Is it, miss...Fel? Hadn't noticed." He canted his head to the side, his expression mildly sassy. "I was a little distracted." Tyrian bit his lip and eyed the dark woman accusingly. Every time he'd glanced out over the crowd his gaze had been drawn to her. Her presence at the wedding itself had been an unsought yet entirely welcome surprise.

It had take every ounce of self control he possessed not to race to her side at the after party. He'd reminded himself more than once that he still had duties to see to and that he was, even at this celebration, an alpha. While it was his prerogative to be as dignified or as unrefined as he wanted, even he could admit there was a time and a place for that. Not knowing how the Abraxas, a family he really only knew as religious zealots thanks to his father's stories, as a group felt about fraternization had kept him from being more forward. That and it amused him to be introduced to someone as if they'd never met. By her brother no less.