Ice In My Veins -[Levi]

[Levi]

Not so long ago, months would pass in between each of his journies away from Tephra.
But that was back when he was a prince.

Now, he is nothing other and a strong body which walks the border in search of anything, or anyone, amiss. Even today, although he is far from the volcanic beaches, it is a habit which is hard to shake. 

The dark stallion sees her long before she shows any sign of sensing him, but he doesn't alter his path even though he has ample opportunity. Reaching back into his memory he hunts for the for the last encounter he shared with a stranger. Faces come and go in his mind, filtering in reverse through each one he had seen over the last few years. His mind settles finally on the face a dark mare covered in scars he had met over a year ago in Hyaline. The girl had been the last stranger he had spoken with, and he hadn't even learned her name. 

He would never be a recruiter or a diplomat, but going years without speaking with a fresh face was too long.  Following the well-worn path between the trees, he speaks when he is close enough not to have to raise his voice too loudly, but not so close as to invade her space.

"What is it you are looking for?"

Levi

so scream you, out from behind the bitter ache.