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    COTY

    Assailant -- Year 226

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    "But the dream, the echo, slips from him as quickly as he had found it and as consciousness comes to him (a slap and not the gentle waves of oceanic tides), it dissolves entirely. His muscles relax as the cold claims him again, as the numbness sets in, and when his grey eyes open, there’s nothing but the faint after burn of a dream often trod and never remembered." --Brigade, written by Laura


    isobell, ivar;
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    Fear had chased him away and fear lured him back in.
     
    The blood has since rinsed from his skin and the predatory incisors receded. He is less of a monster, for now at least. In this moment, Castile has suppressed the creature that he had become. Although the memory is minimal, he still remembers the tang of blood on his tongue, the aching of his muscles, and the intrusion of his thoughts.
     
    A chill runs down the length of his spine.
     
    Not knowing entirely what came over him spurred him into recluse where he lied in solitude as the seasons changed. Perhaps he should have stayed there, away from others, protecting them from his bout of ferocity, but Isobell frequented his thoughts. Solace was there too with her beaming smile, but his sibling held most of his focus. She was always the one to pull him from darkness and to remind him of the family he treasures so deeply.
     
    Oddly enough, her scent that he follows doesn’t guide him to Nerine but to Loess instead. Why isn’t she protecting their home? Their parents cave? A breath catches in his throat as he hesitates on the border. He remembers how Ivar’s musk enveloped his sister, how she suddenly resembled his friend with kelpie characteristics. That has to be why she is here, to be with Ivar.
     
    A fleeting sense of jealousy stabs into Castile, but he forces himself to be relieved that she would find company while he had been absent.
     
    With a final roll of his shoulders, Castile proceeds past the border of what had been his home once and searches for Isobell, yearning for her company and embrace.






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