05-03-2020, 07:31 PM
echis
“ I will love you until we run out of mornings. Then I will love you in the dark. ”
She rises onto her small hooves and brings her gaze to meet his when he leans down. He’s very tall and that in itself makes her rather nervous. Echis keeps her chin down timidly as she continues to stare up at him with bright green eyes. It’s hard to see in the dark but seeing his pointed teeth when he speaks draws a soft gasp from her, sending her stumbling back once more. Her mother’s teeth aren’t anything like that and neither are hers. Was he one of the monsters that Ryatah had warned her about in her bedtime stories?
Her brow furrows in worry and a nervous whimper squeaks from her lungs. He isn’t coming closer, though, and he isn’t growling or snarling the way she half expects him to. What sort of angel? The question confuses her and she looks from side to side in the hopes that her mother will come back any second now. She swallows the lump in her throat and forces herself to meet his gaze once more.
“The kind my mom is?” she whispers softly. “She’s pretty and white and yellow. She answers to Mom, and I’m Echis.”
Her heart hammers against her ribs despite her efforts to remain calm in the face of all this danger. Little glistening scales creep across her cheeks and down her spine, spilling over to her shoulders and tiny hips. She doesn’t notice any of these changes until her pupils grow thin and reptilian. Suddenly, it’s easier to see in the dark and she can tell his expression isn’t as menacing as it initially seemed. It becomes a little easier to breathe, then, and she sniffles as the final tear rolls off her chin.
“Are those scars? Did they hurt?” she asks as her head perks up just a little.