And I Could Be a Pretty Girl₊ ⊹

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He'd been exploring. Of course he had been. @Ekaterina was not far away, tucked away in some den she'd found or made after running him off with a few snips of her words and teeth. That was fine. He wasn't terribly interested in hanging around while she slept. Actually, he wasn't interested in that at all, hence his wanderings in this dense and wet forest. Not his cup of tea, enjoying the mountains and harshness of his home country, but Aleksei dealt with it anyway. Because what else could he do, other than put up with his Queen? Nothing.

So, he was exploring. And honestly, he might have missed her, had she not sneezed. Was it Kat? Aleksei's nose lifted, working as he scented the wind, only to disappoint the Queensguard who found himself upwind of whoever it was. The evening breeze didn't help him, either. The Iron Maw hesitated, not wanting to put up with more of Kat's attitude at the moment, but he was also unsure if it was her at all. He almost turned away. Almost.

And then there was a voice, the melodious singsong of a feminine voice using a language he did not know.

So he followed it

and found a slight little thing, covered in soft greys, body curved in all the right places. Standing fast where he was, Aleksei watched with burning, perhaps lecherous eyes, as the girl tasted a berry, it's purple juices staining the fur of her chin. “Beautiful girl knows that some berries are poison, da?” His tail swayed idly behind him, dark tipped ears tilted in her direction.
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She stammered, obviously flustered by the gingered male; he smiled, teeth showing as he preened inwardly. Aleksei enjoyed the effect he had on women — save for the Queen; she was as cold as ice — and could not help but savor in her flustered demeanor. The language the berry-eating girl spoke was not one he understood, but the Iron Maw didn't need to know her language to understand her emotions in that moment.

He moved closer as she spoke, asked his name. She was a gentle creature, akin to a fawn or a kitten. She had fangs, surely, but the Russian was sure she'd only ever used them to eat where his were bathed in blood. Great paws only brought him to a halt when he stood before her, looking down upon her pale, delicate features; he drank in the floral notes of her scent. Intoxicating.

“The beautiful berry girl wishes to know my name?” He asked her, lowering his head to grin at her, putting his nose closer so that her scent permeated the air he breathed. “Aleksei. Aleksei Vasiliev.”
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He could almost hear her heart pound against her chest, trying to break from her breast in... not fear. Was she intimidated by him? Flustered? It was likely the latter, the last, the butterflies in her chest fluttering around like they were trying to escape. And perhaps they were.

His tail swept the air when she uttered his name, golden eyes glittering with that toothy grin he gave her. His head ducked to catch her gaze as it fell to his feet, a low rumbling laugh rattling around in his throat. “Little Toska is shy, mm?” He liked her name; it was unique. Different. And he was a man that liked difference, liked those that set themselves apart in one way or another. “Perhaps it is because I am too tall, da?”

So he reclined before her, his great ginger head now almost level with her own once he was laying upon the ground. “Do you have trouble hunting?”
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Ah, but he could only give her a lopsided, toothy smile as she shrunk into herself slightly. “It is not a bad thing,” He would reassure her, though whether that was intended towards her being shy or her possible inability to hunt was unclear. His head would tilt then, ears still fully trained upon her.

This close, those golden eyes could drink in the delicate differences in the shades of silver that swept across her face, the darkest variance framing a unique and and captivating shade of green. She was a gorgeous little thing; a shining trophy of a creature that he would love to make another notch on the proverbial bed post.

“I can help you hunt, you know...” He could help her with many things, hunting being the least of them. The question was...

Would he ask for something in return?
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At first, he wondered if she would turn tail and run; she certainly seemed like she might, with the way her voice wavered, the wary way she looked at him. Oh, she was so innocent. It was almost as if she smelled of a babe, innocent and sweet, new to the world and its dangers. She was not new to the world, but it was highly likely she'd never met someone like him, someone that would covet her and do everything he could to possess her.

He could not help the rumble that rattled deep in his throat, nor the next breath that plumed from his nostrils. Her breath upon his neck made his skin spasm with delight and desire. “Come, little bird,” Aleksei spoke to her, voice gravelled with a note that he could not mask. Toska riled the beast that claimed the moniker Iron Maw, dancing within reach of the very jaws that would never let her go should she let him capture her. “We can find a place to keep you warm and safe while I find food for you, hm?”

He would stretch his neck to her then, gently touching his wet nose to the soft spot behind the ears, breathing in deep the scent of sugar plums and the fairy herself, if she let him.
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