Closing These Doors Once More!

Everyone wants something. Aella's "father's" words echoed in her head like a wormy little melody. Despite her current resentments, Hades' advice had burned itself into her instincts forever. Thinking of that beast only made her feel irritable, but he had taught her many worthwhile lessons. If I ever see him again, I'll have learned a few tricks of my own, she vowed to herself. At the moment the Tenebrosi woman wanted two things: information and food. She set about searching for the second, knowing that the first thing usually came by rather serendipitous means.


She was relatively new to these lands - little more than a lone wanderer. Far enough away from home to escape the spectre of the family name - hopefully anyway. Far enough away to start anew. And that was what she planned to do - but first she must fill her belly! So she let her nose and her instinct guide her, until she found a wide flat grassland that smelled of prey. Deer.


Mouth watering at the mere aroma, the ivory and smoke lady sank into the grasses, quiet steps carrying her though the unfamiliar plain. Her eyes flashed and her ears quivered; her senses were on high alert. For several moments she encountered nothing, except for a startled and indignant bird. The sun beat down upon her back, but she refused to be so easily daunted. Her alabaster pelt was not a perfect camouflage for the place, but nor did it stick out like a sore toe. In fact it kept her rather cool, relatively speaking, and her paws could cover miles and miles.


She had covered quite some distance, weaving through the grass, when a sent came to her on the breeze. Curious, she ventured closer to the other she-wolf upwind. She made sure to walk with furto, as Hades had always instructed. Stopping short distance away, her ears tipped forth to catch a sound. A voice. She could not make out the words, but they were pronounced with a low hiss that plainly said not to approach any further. Aella sighed for a beat before calling out, in a polite and inquisitive tone, "Hello? Is everything alright miss?"