Crimson based eyes flick up towards the distance as black ears perk forward. Long strands of tangled mane fall limply against a thick neck as muscles quiver from movement. Lucifer listened, but did not move right off the bat. His head had been hung low to graze, but soon enough it raised from where his chin almost touched his hooves as the bulk of his neck arched. He knew that voice, but he was not too impressed to hear it right after he had gained the second position in Paradise.


Lifting dinner plate sized hooves, the stallion moved through the jungle with a hitch in his step. The torn tendon in his hind leg was trying to heal, but it was still so fresh and with the shoulder wound from Arroyo’s teeth, the stallion had a lot of healing to do. Shaking his head though, the black draft moved farther down the island until his head peeked through dense foliage and latched onto the half assed party going on.


Narrowing his eyes, Lucifer pulled himself from the brush with his body acting as best as it could to hide the injury. He still limped, but he ground his teeth together to hide the pained sound that wanted to escape as the sands of the beach slipped out from under him with each heavy step. He did not wish to be down here, but he had no Choice. The call he knew and the painted stallion before him he also knew. Khyber he had not hated, but he was still a problem for the stallion that never once wanted to listen to someone else… until he was too broken to challenge for his own territory again.


“Khyber.” His voice was deep, his black ears pushed forward as he set his gaze on the young mare at the Lagoon Marauders side. Tilting his head, the black beast took her in but his attention was switched over to that of Khyber. In some ways and in his current state, the feeling of longing entered the black brutes breast. IF he did not have Rieva and his son and stolen daughter, he might actually ask Khyber if the Lagoon was still needing members. However, with his back leg as it was and his win for this position, Lucifer knew he had to let old beasts die and deal with what he currently had on his plate.


Hearing Annubis though, Lucifer rolled his eyes as he let out a sigh. He would rather not have to bow to this stallion either, but he bit his tongue to hide that part of himself as he stared at the two new horses. “Why have you brought a child with you?” He finally asked, curious what Khyber would even want to do with bringing a mare here to a lion's den. He had ‘killed’ for less in the past and it really would not bother him to drown the maiden either. He might get a kick out of it, watching the bubbles just stop in the salty ocean water.