child of the storm

Life has been strange for the young Enki. Within the first few months of his life, a wolf had risen up and taken his mother’s pack out from under them all. After that, everything had become a blur as the young children escaped with their parents and were forced to keep moving to stay alive. Then the strange statues had appeared and, during a walk with once of Ashen’s now Daimyo’s, the pup had fallen and broken his paw. Kitsune had been unwilling to leave the injured pup alone and, instead, had brought him back to her pack’s lands. Since then, the pup has been hiding out under the umbrella of the Empire, wondering what the hell he is going to do to help his family.

Pink paws pull him slowly along the rocky paths of redwater rocks when a call is softly sung out for him. Panic is the first feeling that slams into the boy, knocking the breath from his lungs as fear slowly sinks its claws into his brain. However, just as quickly as the terror hits, reasoning follows after the initial feeling and wipes away any trace of the fear. Swiftly, the pup traces the paths to where wolfpaw lake is and finds a large, inky male waiting for him in a clearing. Ears slick back as uncertainty creeps into his steps and the boy comes to a stop in front of the male.

Does he know his story? Is he going to hand him over to Medusa? Pushing past the fear, Enki straightens up and softly says, “I am Enki. You, uh, wanted to see me?” The scent of Ashen on his coat is reassuring but the boy has learned to survive by distrusting others. It is a habit he is trying to break but, at times like this, he feels that distrust trying to poke its head out. Squashing the faulty instinct, the pup waits to hear what the man wishes of him.


"Enki Klein"