I had come here to this grotto. I had come here for blood that touched the ground and Ruby could only laugh push my legs forward. I know a love for blood must be quelled, Ruby is not quiet about it. The scent was faint but it had brought be here, and lured me in. The world was cold with the wrath of winter's kiss. I had felt the powers of the female within me, when Obsidian demanded that I leave the side of Solaris and venture elsewhere. I did not understand it, I simply went with what was demanded of me.

I have long, skinny black legs. I find that I tend to stick out on the white world of winter. I was like midnight in sun, with cheeks, nose, and forehead ablaze with red. I barely notice the clouds forming in the sky that would lead to more snow and my own desires to cling to Solaris' side despite Obsidian's growls. For now, though, I had followed the hint of blood towards the grotto...when something else ripped my black ears towards them.

It was first a scent forced into my nose through cold winds. I wrinkled my nose and licked it with my tongue. The air stung. I felt my legs tremble- they sometimes shake heat or cold. I let my liquid gold orbs travel the horizon as my black shadow freezes like a statue of ice among winter gods. My orbs freeze upon a figure not too far. I find my night hued hackles turning into grand pinnacles as I fixate on the stranger.

I do not encounter others often anymore. I am the shadow of the Solaris, and it is rare to find me away from him and yet Obsidian demanded that winter urges not be played upon and forced my feet into movement. I now find myself with the slightly drooped ears of a strange wolf, my head slightly lowered in a protective stance over my throat.

You see, the throat is where Lillith poured blood from Roamin. Roamin is dead and I have turned dead with him. I am but walking skin and walking bones, glued together with flesh. I must steal souls to bring him back, I must have blood to bring back to his body. I must put him back together, so I can be whole again. I find my breath inhaling quickly, sharply, as the stranger comes towards me. My lips twitch and tremble. My ears fall back with her soft bark of a greeting, and my yellow eyes are opened wide like suns ready to burst.

When she is but a few feet from me, my frozen state breaks as I take a few steps back. My hackles remain raised and my throat remains covered- and my eyes do not dare leave her own. She does not speak. She simply moves her form and whines. I find my teeth slightly leaving their black sheathes, only slightly in a twitchy manner, almost as if I had no control over my base emotions. My breathing turns rapid as another paw steps back. I observe her for a moment in my protective state, tongue lashing out over my nose once more.

"You come to me, why do you come to me, what do you want to do to me, hm? Hm? No...no," I say, almost under my breath and a bit rapid, yet uneven in pace. My eyes are wary of her, but she is not like others that irritate my aggression. She is not like Eden, no, she is not and yet I must make sure. She is strange and odd, she is to be tested for worth, to see if blood or soul with satiate the voices chewing at my mind.