LUXURIES AND HEXES

Jupiter surveyed the area in silence, expression neutral as she awaited their arrival, lids lowered to hide celestial optics away from the world, as if it could make her mind any more private.



The gentle sound of pawsteps upon the sandy portion of the bank drew her eyes open once more and she looked upon the familiar form of Cherokee. Her gaze traveled over the dark brute with a smile touching her lips and she nodded to him. "Cherokee," she said in response to his respectful greeting. Not long after the arrival of the man, his mate came forth as well. She couldn't keep her smile from widening a bit at the relationship the two seemed to share--it was the kind that almost every young girl dreamed about at one naive point or another in their lives. Jupiter, too, had once shared that wish. But now, she had children, and the possibility of love was not in her grasp.



As the woman arrived, she carried herself off of the log, straightening after taking the impact of the jump. "How are the pups?" she inquired good-naturedly, settling upon her haunches. "And most importantly, parenthood?" She glanced between the both of them with a chuckle.