Caught in a Storm

Walk | Talk | Think

Ashtoreth trailed in the wake of the sopping white wolf, still focusing most of her attention on his tracks and the placement of her paws but occasionally she brought her eyes upward to peer at him. Though he acted cordial and generous as he offered to assist her in searching for some place to sit out the storm, he gave the impression of being uncomfortable and jittery. Every crack of thunder, every flash of lightning, seemed to cause him discomfort and brought around an unexpected and unnecessary flinch, a few of which she managed to see and take note of. It was peculiar, to say the least, and the lean grey wolf did find his behavior to be rather questionable, but considering he was helping her she hated to think wrongly of him. It was rude and unkind, and she really did want to get out of the storm. It just wouldn't do for her to return home out of sorts for getting caught in another storm without some place to retreat to.

She lifted her squinted eyes to regard him when she saw him glance her way, the move casual from what she could see in the storm, and his voice carried much more commandingly than she would have expected as he asked for her name. She hesitated only an instant, blinking as she tried to account the strength of his voice for some attempt at letting her hear him over the rain, when he jumped.

It had been unexpected. Her jaws had parted to answer, her breath drawing in, when the other wolf committed to his turn and leaped for her. The amiable smile on her face quickly slipped behind a sudden worry, her brows knitting themselves as she attempted to step back, but to no avail. He was small, but he moved with more than enough force to knock her off of her feet, her paws slipping upon the wet earth and letting her slim body tumble into the mud. An unimpressive yip of surprise slipped from her muzzle as her body hit the ground, Domovei's tackle successful. For a second, she was too stunned to react, but realizing that the stranger's face she had thought to be friendly was now staring down at her with a crazed look about him Ashtoreth panicked. She tried to roll, tried to get her feet under her, tried to claw as well as she could at the earth to right herself, struggling to slip out of the male's grip and distance herself from the danger he now posed.