smooth as a cactus

Vivek was facing the edge of the cliff, his eyes fixated on the crashing waves below him. The wind pushed any nearby scents away and replaced them with salt, the sea breeze made it impossible for the brute to smell anyone coming. Regardless, he had not been rendered deaf and blind - the sound of another's footsteps against the frozen earth would gather his attention. With a flick of his dark ears the male would turn his head toward the other, his blood colored gaze sweeping over the other lupine as she seemed to do the same. She was a bright shade, but overall her coat was nothing spectacular. It was the woman's height that caught the scarlet brute's attention. She was quite possibly one of the largest females that he had ever come across - and where as some liked their women petite, he found that he appreciated the underlying strength that size could hold.

Her voice would break the silence that had settled between the two of them, and he would awknowledge her with a smirk that tugged onto his dark lips, as well as a nod. The woman had a nice voice, silken, not the highest of pitches but it didn't nag him like he was absulutely sure that company would moments prior. "I'm not going to stop you." He retorted to her question, but there was no bite to his words - he was a bit curious about her, just enough to keep his recent irritation at bay. It still caressed his subconcious, and if he wasn't careful he might just be prone to snapping.

But the brute was a touch conflicted - the smell of another as well as the invading warmth that the stranger radiated was welcome. And so, he welcomed the female's company. "Who are you?" He would ask, his voice deep, his words spoken clearly despite sound of water crashing into the cliffs below them.