drink the poison lightly

So much had changed since her romp with the younger dark wolf in the willows, but when she caught the strangers scent again, Sedna didn’t hesitate in seeking it out. Sure she had a purpose on this night, the red glow of the crystals that sprouted beneath her eyes and in the thick fur on her neck making her appear all the more a deep sea predator, wending this way and that in search of small morsels that might be attracted to her new sparkle. The world seemed different from this high up too.

Her particular prey on this night wasn’t likely to lift up it’s roots and run, but she had remembered the way the girl’s face seemed to light up at the mention of poisons, and with her hormones being as haywire as they had been since Hanako’s recent litter, overcome with a desire to nurture and improve… Well if there was a willing student nearby, the least she could do was offer.

“Speech”