Falls

The mischief in his emerald eyes is intoxicating. Often, Talien found herself wondering if there was ever a time in her life when she would be able to look upon him with a straight face. There was something almost impish in the way he smiled that drew the same from her own lips. Staring at him now, her heart swelled with both love and need. Dex was her lifeline, her breath and her reason to breathe. Before he had come to the islands, she had felt a profound sense of confusion with the way her life had played out. Even before the transgressions of Liland came to light, the mare of brandished gold did not know which direction the gods had chosen for her or what it was she was supposed to do. By the law of the lands, she found herself set on a glorified pedestal in the Bay, but her heart had not been there. It was not until Dex found her in the meadows on that fateful day that she began to fully understand it. He was her direction, her homing beacon and regardless of where they went, she could find contentment.

His quick witted remark brings a sultry grin to her lips. Silver blue eyes glitter in the bright sunlight that dappled through the tree canopy above. All but swooning she brushes against him, a single brow rising as she turns her gaze back towards the ever moving waters that pooled beneath his hooves. ”Yes, yes. I see it now. All those bruises… the water quakes beneath you.” she adds a playful giggle upon her lips. ”My hero, defender of the weak and defeater of waves.” she adds with a good natured laugh her unusually long tail flicking back and forth against her slender flanks.

She reaches out to touch his sleek neck, savoring the familiar warmth that melts into her own skin. Even in the height of fall when the emotions ran strong in everyone, Talien found she felt most at peace when her mate was near. He was her security and in him she found she could be who she always had been without worry for repercussions or resentment. He accepted her for who she was and loved her for it.

He leaps in surprise as her blunt teeth scrape across his flank. Delight dances in her gaze as he snorts at her and narrows his gaze in mock anger. Proudly she lifts her finely shaped her, a smug grin plastered across her own lips. As he stalks towards her, she tilts her head, a single ear flickering at the sound of his voice as she feigned shock at accusing words that play upon his tongue. ”Me? Noo… How could you think such a thing of me dearheart.” she says laughing with a start as he lunges towards her. Playfully she bucks her heels at him as he nips her shoulder and launches away, spraying water from his hooves in his wake.

A lighthearted laugh escapes her lips as she gives her own proud head a shake and starts after him, her heart thrumming with excitement. Silver blue eyes glitter as she pivoted on slender legs and charged after him with a kick of her heels once more. ”I think the little golden boy you chase after all the time is proof enough that I can get as handsy with you as I dare please.” she taunts, prancing alongside him. Sleek neck stretches forward to tug a straying stray of his darkened mane, her smile once more sultry and honeyed in delivery, ”Unless you already tire of spending your days chasing after me?” she purrs, brushing her muzzle alongside his cheek for a moment before launching away again. ”Not like you can ever get in front of me anyway.” she tosses over her shoulder with a laugh as she races towards the trees.