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First post for @Kuhn, after I will set to AW. Takes place immediately after this thread

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 The result of their visit to Tsukiishi had extended the prolonged endorphin and adrenaline high that Valmúa had been dancing through since their rendezvous. The rush of chemicals transformed her into an almost adoring animal, practically prancing on light feet when they had cleared the mountain. She was still envisioning horrific scenes that might have been, seeing red upon the white coat of that spoiled little harpy while the dog tried in desperation to stop it.
 Of course, the red woman had never meant to incite violence and was even more pleased that things had not turned that way. Whatever the reason for Reiko's absence, it meant that the pack had likely weakened or fragmented during the time between when the empress had first shown her face at the borders of Hrafnsvaktin.
 Replaying the harsh tones in Kuhn's delicious voice, her obsession with him had only grown. “Well that was fun,” she remarked, sliding her body along his shoulder as they moved toward the everfrost.

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Walking in silence for awhile, and avoiding eye contact, Kuhn tried his best to show his displeasure for what just happened. It was completely unnecessary, and in his opinion they gained nothing. He had worked hard to simply hunt where he pleased. He had threatened that security for little reason. Further, it was almost certain they would send @Tiberius after him to have a talk. The tough looking wolf didn't frighten him physically, though having to face his disappointment did.

After a long stretch of giving the silent treatment, the tiger's princessa, shook him from his thoughts, brushing against his shoulder. Reacting by pulling back and continuing his pace, Kuhn didn't want to answer her question and add anymore fuel to her fire.

Though he said nothing, it was written all across his body, it was fun. Not many others could tell the subtle tells in his feline body language, but she would know. His arching stride more powerful, and his chest held broad, his shoulders swung in a subtle swagger, that he might have been trying to hide. Not to mention the change in scent, that would be only noticable to someone that knew him well. It felt good to act like a Lord for once.
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 Valmúa was not stupid. Even while she pranced, she was very aware that her companion perhaps did not entirely share her enthusiasm. She didn't know the full details of his arrangement with Reiko, but based on what the little brat and friends had said, he could hunt within the mountain's borders provided he didn't do it for another pack. She wondered if this would still count if he were to, say, bring a kill back to the everfrost and share it with her.
 In large part, she ignored whatever reservations the tiger may have had. Instead, she continued on in her own world, planting him into part of it and relying on her infectious nature to soothe him.
 It seemed to work, for his step found a powerful stride and he looked as though he had just taken a heavy kill. A feedback loop formed, and Valmúa slipped up to his side and mouthed at his neck and shoulder, clearly excited. “They almost shit themselves,” she affirmed, dragging her teeth through his fur, enveloping herself in his strong scent.

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Really trying his best to stay silent and conceal his feelings, a torrent of different emotions and thoughts where swirling right behind his eyes. He didn't know what to make of it. Typically, he would seclude himself in situations like this, so he wouldn't do anything he might regret. Though his own princessa wouldn't give him that luxury, seeming hanging off of him, scavenging off of his very being.



Perhaps it was a mistake to hide his state, the woman pressed him further, with a familiar gesture that would normally be both playful and stimulating. At the very moment he felt her teeth touch his hide, the big cat snapped around with a ferocious roar that contained all the aggravation he was bottling up. All in the same motion, the striped beast violently seized the wolf, pressing her to the ground.

Standing above her, with a paw on her neck, he snarled threateningly as if to tell her she crossed his line. Though, in the next moment, some other emotion had him, his heart was beating and he was thrilled. Lunging forward with his head, he lashed out with his tongue and front teeth, licking across her teeth and nipping at her lips.

Most of the gentleness and rythm that had characterized his affection before seemed to be all but non existent, though a sliver of that cat, was still there.
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 Like a cheerleader to a jock, she clung to him like he had just scored a goal and won the season. This may have seemed out of character for those that were unfamiliar with this type of obsession in her, but indeed, this was the piece of her that he had unlocked. Whatever behaviour she was trying to bring out of him, the red warrior was ill prepared for what she received.
 With horrifically quick and efficient ease he threw her down, knocking the wind from her as he had done before. Pressure hit her solar plexus and there was a harsh moment where she couldn't breathe at all — a touch of fearful surprise graced her features, yet quickly, something flashed in her eyes. It seems you no longer fear me. His voice echoed in her head. She thought about what he could do to her, thought about how easy it would be for him. None would hunt him down for killing her — she doubted even Stjornuati was that foolish.
 For her part, Valmúa stretched out all four feet and managed to push against his belly with her back foot, applying pressure as she snarled and he licked at her mouth. The display was bizarre. It looked as though he might tear her face off, but she just continued to dare him rather than relenting to the fear that had once plagued her impressions, fascinated by his aggression and wildly receiving it.
 With his paw on her neck, she could not speak, and this was a good thing because her thoughts were spinning nasty, decadent webs around him. You like fucking me, and you like it when I fuck with you.

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Unrelenting, the striped beast continued, as he held this wolf down under a paw. It was different this time, the tenderness he would use to please her was gone, replaced by something like anger, but not quite. Still the woman struggled in her typical way snarling and egging him on. His face remained wrinkled in aggression, showing his fangs and foaming at the mouth while he moved his paw onto her head forcing it still. He only took one more more moment to explore her mouth before he nipped her upper lip uncharacteristically hard.

Without much warning, the tiger pulled his head back still foaming at the mouth.

As fast as the rest of this happened, the cat solved their problem in best way the lord and princessa knew how. Though previously he had been as gentle as he could be with her, this time he was not.

When Kuhn was finished, it wasn't the same. There was no afterglow, no doting and no grooming. The cat quickly put a distance between himself and her. Sick to the stomach, he didn't feel right, he felt like he wanted to puke up bits of the last boar he had torn apart. As pathetic as it was the big cat felt like he wanted to curl up and cry.
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 She wondered if he even had it in him, to kill a wolf. She recalled his hesitation and wondered if he had ever bothered to take things all the way. Spitting aggressively, he prevented her from doing anything as he pinned her skull in place and bit her lip so hard that it bled. The rip she was left with drained blood into her mouth. Her teeth turned an ugly red colour.
 Valmúa had known pain before as his consort. Whatever he did this time was different, but she did not struggle. If anything, she leaned into it more than she had before, delighting in the change he displayed and refusing to admit the pain he was causing. She knew well that he needed to do whatever he needed to do to release. She did not stop snarling at any point, but a terrible grin shown through it.
 Unlike him, when their union was complete the red woman simply rolled over, stretching her limbs from the side as though nothing different had happened. When she stood, she shook herself. Running her tongue over the wound on her lip, she explored the taste and feeling, wondering if it would scar. She spat, leaving caked remnants of blood on the ground not far beyond the borders of Shiroshika, desecrating it with their vileness.
 He was not okay, but she could do little for him in such a state. He seemed to need space. This seemed normal — he was meant to be a solitary beast, "allied to no one," so had said Vendrussel.
 Walking slowly toward his side, she did not touch him, despite wanting to. “I will fetch you something fresh to eat, Lord Kuhn,” she whispered. She had perhaps never said anything to him that was more of a loaded statement. Unless he stopped her, she would leave him then to do just that, likely from Shiroshika-bordered grounds no less.

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There was a general air of numbness about him, he sort of just stared out at the tundra, looking pensively. The lands where cruel and those who stopped where those who died. He couldn't appear weak.

As she came to his side, he tried to wipe any expression of sulkiness or regret from his face, he didn't want her to see any more of that. Out of the corner of his eye, a glint of red caught his eye. Turning to her he licked at her bleeding lip acknowledging what he did without a verbal apology.

The taste of her blood, almost represented his failing to conduct himself with grace, though now it served a pleasant distraction from his current feelings.

After only a few passes at her lip, the cat stood up, pushing his emotions behind him. "No, let's continue to my claim, I have a half boar there." Earnestly, he really appreciated her offer though at the moment, he would block any warm feelings for her.
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 She was ready for him to be entirely silent or to tell her to fuck off for a while, neither of which would have offended her. She had asked a lot from him and would absolutely ask for far more in the future, but she was also willing to do whatever he needed as a come down. Like and high, after the wave there was a valley, and she was responsible for providing some semblance of care even if it meant her absence.
 But, to her surprise, he comforted her as he licked her wound. The roughness of his tongue hurt, but it cleaned. As she winced slightly she also licked him as though they were far more than lovers.
 Perhaps in her mind they were.
 As he stood and rejected her offer, she licked her lip again to taste his saliva. Something about this comforted her, restoring whatever intimacy she had been grasping after. “Mm,” she agreed, following along, refusing to get off the ride so long as he kept her strapped in. There were all sorts of things she might have promised him. I'll never make you do anything like that again. Or I'll be more careful. Or I would never hurt you.
 But none of those things were true, and there was one thing she had not done to him: she had never lied to him.
 She started on at a steady lope, thinking about how much she would enjoy sharing food with him. There were times that the smaller moments were enough for the red prinsessa.

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Keeping silent as if he was alone, he continued onward, away from Shrioshika, padding his way across the long stretch of tundra that lead back home. Of course she was free to follow him, though he needed his silence, the tiger did not entirely want to be alone. He only looked behind him a handful of times, seeing if she was still with him.
 

After some time that familiar treeline showed itself over a grassy hill. Without cerimony he continued his stride, heading straight for where he remembered a stashed kill.

Eventually the trees opened up into a small clearing with with one side shielded by a large boulder. It was a place he hadn't planned on taking anyone in alive. Against the massive stone was a comparable mountain of bones, with skulls of various sorts, seemingly set aside almost like trophys. The whole area was thoroughly marked as his, and was obvious over even the stench of death here.

Turning to look at her briefly he still didn't say anything, just moving to the edge of a pile, he began pulling a half eaten boar carcass through a pile of bones sending them clattering.

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 As Valmúa followed his long, powerful strides to the everfrost, she found the silence nagging at her. So often did she fill the void with words that she noticed real discomfort as her mind spun and respun the time she had been with him. As she watched his movements, the intensity of his muscles flooded her mind with memories. How she had loved to curl against him and drink in his everything. The fire woman had never known restraint. Like she was listening to a song on repeat, she thought of his commanding voice on the mountain over and over, replaying the display and finding solace in each note.
 She started to think vaguely about what might happen after their little visit to Tsukiishi. No doubt, Reiko would be pissed, and that was exactly what the fire starter wanted. No doubt, she would send someone to Mordfjall to complain, and, no doubt, Valmúa would receive some serious shit from her brothers upon her return.
 As the pair drew closer to the conifer woods, Valmúa wondered whether she should bother returning at all. She knew, though, that this was not the time to permanently invade the tiger's space. Constantly, she was looking for signs that he had had enough. The control shifted the further they moved in. The more the area smelled like him, the more space she offered him.
 She also didn't want to be alone.
 As Kuhn began prying his carrion from the impressive pile of bones, she stood back and did not try to take any food from him. Instead, she snatched one of the more fresh bones that fell near her. Moving, relaxed, to a spot several metres from him, she lay down and began chewing the cartilage from the end of the bone. She gnawed at it in order to get at the marrow within. She stayed silent other than this chewing — she was content to merely be within his presence, part of a secret club that her kind were not meant for.

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Laying the carcass down In an open space some distance from Valmua, Kuhn went to work stripping at the carcass. Half on top of the carcass, he paid no mind to the mess that it might make. Considing himself to hollowing out the rib cage, he found some solace in the idle activity, rather than the satiation of his hunger. Not actually appearing that hungry after a day like this, he ate slowly and meagerly for a creature of his size, talking his time licking and savoring more than normal.

The cat still couldn't shake that sinking feeling of regret In his gut, and the snaking was only marginally helping.

Twitching his ear, it caught, sound of a crunching bone nearby brought him out from his own little world.

Perking up on the carcass, he revealed what was once white, his mane chin and chest, where now stained red. Staring at her for a moment, he didn't feel any instinct protect his food from her. Remaining unusually calm in a sharing scenario, his tail rhythmically danced behind him. Taking a long moment to take in her elegant yet capable features, he noted how unusually quiet she had been for the last while. As if under attack once again, a warm feeling for her brushed across his mind.

"Join me." he Said firmly, watching her intently. Little by little it seems the woman had found her way into another aspect of the tiger's private little world.
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I'ma fade this here since it seems like a natural spot

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 Content simply to be near him, Valmúa was in no rush to be anywhere else. The moment felt like a healthy ride down as they recovered from the wildness from earlier. Reiko didn't matter now, nor her brainless daughters and crew. While Kuhn took his time, so did she, breaking into the end of the bone and licking the marrow out methodically. Briefly, her mind went blank and relaxed.
 When he called for her, she eyed him from the side while she was invested in the bone. She took her time getting up to move, answering the call in a decidedly feline way. She took a pause to stretch out her lower back and tail before slowly moving toward him.
 His invitation was answered as she slid not in front of him, but beside him. The fur on her hip brushed against him as she found a seat at the table at his side. When she was eating, she ate far more delicately and respectfully with him near than she would have otherwise. it was no trivial thing for a solo predator to share food with a pack animal. For the moment, he owned her, and she would do whatever it took to hold her place in his forbidden world, even if it meant abandoning her brothers to the her aftermath for a time.

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