Innocence

Much like a child, the woman threatened to run on home to her brother and tattle, of all things. She was getting boring. Like a dried up old maid residing in the body of a young wolf, she denied him again and again. The girl was cold and proper and thoroughly offended by his offer. Well then, it seemed that neither of them would be making a deal today.

Avantika tried to turn the tables, telling Chimera that he had to make it worth her while. The massive man snorted softly, lips pulling back to flash teeth. "I've been trying to make it worth your while but I've a feeling that you'd be as cold and lifeless as a corpse, Avantika." Even if she had agreed to bed him and even if he had given in and done so, Chimera had a feeling that he wouldn't even enjoy it.

Rising from his place, the monochromatic behemoth shook out his thick pelt, ridding it of clinging debris. "Run on home, girl. A failure. A disappointment. There will be no alliance." Chimera turned away and began moving into the jungle behind him. "I'm sure you remember the way to the bridge."

Chimera Klein