♔
tomorrow i’ll come back
leader of the whole pack
Everglow’s mind is far away, chasing her thoughts like a fox on the heels of a rabbit, snapping and snarling but never quite catching it. She is dimly aware of the sound of childish laughter somewhere in the distance, and it grates on her nerves, making her muscles tense and her jaw clench. Yet she barely notices the sound of tiny hooves cantering across the sand, growing closer every moment. One ear instinctively flicks back to listen, but Everglow pushes the sound out, not wanting to be distracted from the tangle of thoughts she is frantically trying to unweave.
She has little choice in reacting, however, when the colt crashes into her hind end. She finches, bunching her hind legs beneath her in preparation to kick, but stopping herself just short of carrying it out. Instead she pins her ears and swings toward the child, teeth bared. “Hey! Get out of here, kid!” she barks, and lifts her head when she catches the heavier sound of an adult approaching. She catch the whiff of a mare - a scent she recognizes, which tells her this is one of her sire’s mares - and turns sightless brown eyes in her direction.
“Is this yours? You ought to teach him some manners.”
5; mutt; palomino; 15.1hh; blind
shamwari x brienne |