Moonlight

"Yeah, Athena." I shot her a glare from the corner of my eyes. "Mistakes happen." I mused under my breath, looking at her with a smug expression. My anger hadn't disappeared entirely but was tempered slightly by the charcoal males' tone and choice of words. Being off the hook wasn't something that I thought I could settle with but they weren't currently digging their teeth into my neck either so... there was a moot point? My shoulders shifted under the boys weight so that I could rest my head on the back of my ear rather than having it be fully on its side and in the sand - it still wasnt comfortable.

I groaned and shifted again before sighing. I knew he was only doing his job and that this would be over and done with if I continued to stay still and wait for whoever he just called here - no doubt his commander in chief. I blinked, curling my head to look up at him as much as I could with him on my side. Hm. Young guy. He looked close to my age or a bit older. Even in the low lighting I could see parts of his features that were lit up by the moons rays. His russet fur covered half of his upper torso and the charcoal grey decorated the rest. I snorted, taking in his scent clear as day. That smell I could have done without.

"What - no binds for my paws and ankles?" I prodded, my voice light with satirical sarcasm while internally annoyed from his knee joints in my shoulder. I mean really, what kind of joint were they running around here? They didn't have handcuffs at the ready for trespassers like me? A muzzle even? Was his paws and weight supposed to be my only deterrant? I said I wasn't here to fight, and true... I meant it. But what if I was lying? I smirked at my own thoughts, envisioning me rolling out from under his weight or potentially aiming for his under belly that was perfectly exposed right now. Thank goodness I wasn't some deranged animal or sneaky spy just waltzing up in here.

I laid my head back down against the ground with an exhale, looking up at the night sky. Funny how light this evening started to how dramatic it had to end.