The meal ended on a loud, merry note with Luka slipping away while the knights began chanting tales about Gerard. He rushed to visit Furia and Reina, who were both left in the Outpost's north-eastern district.
'I hope they're doing okay...'
Though Furia was feisty and nothing like the other horses.
She was facing Reina, a mutated dire wolf that enjoyed eating horses and other large animals to sustain itself in the wild.
"Hey."
A familiar smoky voice drifted in the air as if speaking on either side of him at once.
"Luvia?!"
He stomped and slid several inches before coming to a halt, then raised his arms like a fighter, fists clenched, as black steel encased them, with sharp claws and spikes growing from his elbows.
She traced her fingernails across his abdomen and chest.
"Oh, so you haven't just forgotten about me?"
Despite her sultry tone, there was no trace of affection as they stood halfway to the stables.
