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She hadn’t laughed. Ac thought his likes sounded strange to hear aloud, weak and half told, but to him they were. Others perhaps heard more, or at least were polite enough not to say anything. Still feeling his heart stammering in his ribs he hardly noticed the other mare glancing at him while she was speaking of leaving. This pushing and pulling he felt to the draft angel was more than he could bear. “Could we walk?” It was a sudden question that sprang to mind. He stopped himself and glanced back at the green mare. “Not all over but just around a bit. You could still come back to your sister.” And he could burn of this nervous energy.

Ryo-Ohki bobbed her head happy to meet him too. She giggled at the thank you and looked at the stallion. “Not such a sad hooves anymore?” her tone was joyous hoping that he really did feel better. “Carrots make everything better.” She nodded sagely like she was telling him the worlds greatest secret. “Of course along with smiling and laughing and other things they make the day even better or started that way if one was really down in the ditches.”

Seeing the other mare leave was a surprise but he was glad for one less soul around. It was hard enough to concentrate with the winged mare around. His skin itched horribly, but the movement helped as he had an outlet for his energy now. Moving he kept a space between him and the mare but not so much as to leave to much space. This pushing and pulling he was feeling was driving him to distraction. He focused on his breathing like his mother used to do when she had to explain hard concepts to him and his sister when they were young. “Why do you agree to this?” He wanted to learn more about the mare he was planning to take to his father. It was strange a part of him wanted to just keep her to himself.

Her eyes widened a bit. It was clear she wanted nothing more than to take a bite of the carrot she offered him. Her ears flicked back and forth deciding. Looking pitiful she shook her head ‘no’. “Nope. I’ll get another later. That was a gift not something meant to be taken back.” Still looking pitiful at least she was firm in her resolution.

“You don’t know me, and my … heritage has been pointed out. Trusting me might well be a mistake.” He looked at her like she might be a bit touched in the head but his next words were from the heart. “Still I’m glad. I like being around you as much as I don’t.” He realized what he said and floundered for a way to describe it. “Around you there’s this pull. … it.. I… ugh.” He should his head unable to find the words he wanted.

“Yvar? Farm?” Her ears flipped as she rolled the words over in her mind. Carrots grew on farms. “Oh oh! OH! Is it a carrot farm?!?” The exuberance in her voice was astounding to anyone who didn’t know her.

Ac thought over the story carefully. In a way it made sense. Part of him wanted to nuzzle and stay close to the mare, the other part wanted to rip her asunder. Shaking his head he grinned at the ground while he walked. “Perhaps I have but I don’t think it’s something I regret. I have enough strength to protect what’s mine and enough kindness not to damage those I care for.” Still that didn’t really help with his current predicament of the tug and pull dealing with the angel. He moved close to her but still not touching her. “May I?” He motioned as if to touch her but pulled back to that he wouldn’t end up doing so. Being closer to her was driving him mad. The itching along his skin intensified until it was a near burning. His markings glowed though not on his command but of their own will it seemed. The desire, no need to touch her felt like it was ripping him apart cell by cell. Still he didn’t dare move to do so without her permission. It wasn’t that he was trying to be kind or even had a plan of any sort in his mind. He simply could not force his muscles to get closer and needed the encouragement to make himself move those last few centimeters. His eyes were alight with a small flame of their own as she looked at her. He wished he had his father’s gift of force when it came to the ladies but he could never be as smooth and make anyone want him like his father could. His tail swished quietly while his hooves felt like lead weights on the end of his legs.

From the look on her face you would have thought she’d died and gone to heaven. “Wow do they let you have as many carrots as you want or do you have to work for them?”

Permission given Acc still took a few moments to respond to his own will. The sensation was terrifying and yet exhilarating. The act of moving that last distance didn’t seem like a large task but with how he was feeling it was amazing he could move at all. As soon as he touched her he felt a small shock to his nose. It was a surprise so he instinctively shut his eyes and wished he hadn’t. The rest of the world was gone so there were no more distractions now. He could smell the soft scent of the female next to him and the irritating pulling sensation was gone not that he had ‘found’ his target, but in its place was born a strange sense of ownership. This mare was his. He didn’t care who he had to kill to keep her but she belonged to him. His maw slid along her shoulder where he nosed her softly moving up to her neck and along it without breaking contact before sliding back down and across her back to her wing joints. There was something in her that he wanted. Soft and gentle like little specks of light but he had no way to reach it. Perhaps this was the ‘magic’ his father saw and devoured? He really had no idea. Nor did her really care right now. Contact with the mare was enough to feed his desire. “Soft”

Blinking she shifted her weight. “Could we go see Yvar? Does he grow carrots every year? Are they really really big?” The excited mare looked so innocent and sweet it was hard to believe she wasn’t a life long friend coming over rather than a near stranger.

(Yvar is going to loose a lot of carrots in the future.. I can see this now.)

He opened his eyes and looked at her with a strangely tight smile. “You know you really should be running for your life right now. I think.” He moved so he could whisper in her ear. “You belong to me. It doesn’t matter where you go or who tries to stop me I will come and claim what’s mine.” He wasn’t really sure where all this conviction had come from but Acc wasn’t about to let there be any misunderstanding between them. Pulling back he cast a glance back where Agnetha’s sister would be. “We really should pass along to your sister that you aren’t looking for a mate anymore.” Or I could just kill all the other suitors. Acc really wasn’t opposed to either option right now which was surprising because he often kept his more destructive urges in check and avoided fights. This winged mare brought about a change in him that he couldn’t quite identify.

“Oh wow it must be wonderful to stay there. Is it really far away?” She tilted her head curiously wanting to go really really badly but not wanting to make her new friend walk that far since she wasn’t sure how long he had been following the funny winged mare and this lot.

(I know, I get that same tease, but so far she just sees him as a good friend which makes me want to smack my head against a wall. I am gonna go through heck finding a true lifemate for her I know it.)

This strange pleasant feeling of peace was new to Acc as well. Normally he felt empty or angry, sometimes there was something that passed for slight happiness but it was fleeting if ever. “The sense of self preservation you have is unnerving. Still I’m not complaining.” He shrugged a bit waving off the comment about the sister. He would be just fine taking his mare and leaving. “You might not like the company I might keep or my family. My mother is nice and you would like her, but my father would eat you so meeting him you might want to stay right next to me like you are now. It’s the only chance you’ll live.” And not get taken from me.

“I get carried away too so I think it’s ok. We could rest and then when you feel ready to go we can head out.” She bounced a bit in place with her tail and nose twitching clearly excited. She couldn’t wait to see this place with the carrots and the human and all the interesting things that could be on a farm.

(it’s not bad when you consider that Ryo-Ohki is a ball of bouncy fun who will likely be dragging all her friends she makes to the carrot place and this means mares too. To be honest I think Mico dodged a bullet….. OTL how sad is that thinking of my own Azrein? Still I think for Mico I need to find someone who looks at him and says ‘hey this is mine now shut up.’ I’ll take a look at my singles list in a moment. Is Mico females interest only or are males ok too? And any alignment specifically or just tolerable to humans?)