just a stranger with a twisted smile

your heart is in danger

Seeing herself as a sort of guard for the Inlet, Yasmina often rounds the territory. She has spent countless hours patrolling and working on different skills of protection. Learning fighting skills from the more experienced in her family has helped her feel confident she could win a battle. She thinks this even though she has never had to truly fight off anyone. So far when real danger has come, of of the herd leaders have shown up to chase intruders away.

Today was like any other day for her. Yasmina rounds the Inlet endlessly (as she does often in spring to protect the newborns). The new life in the Inlet has to be protect at all costs even if it meant her own life. She was determind to keep her family safe. As she get closer to the edge of the pines a new scent stops her dead. Piercing eyes scan the surroundings, but she doesn't see anyone yet.

Then the stallion calls.

Yasmina heads to his position with haste, answering the call with her own voice. She knew no one else from the herd was in their vicinity, but surely Nicodemus would be on his way after hearing that call. She wanted to be there to not only scout this intruder first, but also to back him up. The dark painted mare rounds the trees until she sees him facing the direction of the Inlet. It appears he had just arrived from the ocean behind him.

Yasmina slows to a stop as her ears slide back in a warning. Her golden gaze locks onto the young stallion, but she doesn't utter a single word.