Long, powerful strides were met with absolute silence and stillness. The forest floor had long ago learned to not make a sound when the Wolf passed through it. Once upon a time it had been the other way around, the Wolf would make no noise as he passed through the forest, but no longer. Now the forest made no noise for him. Sir Bastian Rockwell passed as a shadow through the wood, and not a creature stirred for his massive form. Standing well over six foot, the man was not named for his size, but his cunning and silence. Many a man, and woman, died without hearing their death's approach upon his large, powerful, stealthy feet. He had no pity, nor remorse for what he had done, having to earn his place since he was a boy, and living in this cruel, hard world had taught him that pity and sorrow were a weakness he could not survive with. Not once had his heart ever been warm; always it beat coldly, and softly.
This time was no different. Though his prey was younger, and softer then those previous.
This time was no different. He had killed children before.
Boys trying to become men, women who became girls at the sight of him.
None of it was any different, ever. Life plowed on, and so did the Wolf.
One thing is different, he reminded himself, I don't kill this one. Only capture her.
Stalking through the forest, following the small, delicate footprints on the snowy ground, covering them with his large tracks so that no one would be able to know whom he followed; only that he had come this way. Even then his footprints were barely as impressionable as the little girls. Unless an expert, if anyone tracked him he would be hard to find. Nigh impossible, or so he hoped. Though he only hoped because he was a cautious man, like a wolf, he did not take chances or give his enemy a break. Never. Not even now. The little girl would hardly hear him coming, or if she did, she would think of him only as her fathers guard come to fetch her again, since she had run away, again, to play her imaginary games and be the son her father had always wanted.
Well... It was too late for that. Wasn't it?
"Yes, too late child," The Wolf whispered to himself, as he stepped out from behind a tree slowly. Only to catch a glance of the child atop a hill, atop a boulder, waving a branch as if it were a sword into the air. Quickly he slipped back behind the tree, and watched. Seeing what she would do next, if she came closer he would be able to simply snatch her. If she traveled away, he would continue to stalk. There was no need to draw a weapon, she was so tiny, and weak. This was almost too easy, though, the escape with her as baggage could prove to be exciting. Hopefully, it would not be.
Patient, quiet, and deadly as he ever had been. He waited.
This time was no different. Though his prey was younger, and softer then those previous.
This time was no different. He had killed children before.
Boys trying to become men, women who became girls at the sight of him.
None of it was any different, ever. Life plowed on, and so did the Wolf.
One thing is different, he reminded himself, I don't kill this one. Only capture her.
Stalking through the forest, following the small, delicate footprints on the snowy ground, covering them with his large tracks so that no one would be able to know whom he followed; only that he had come this way. Even then his footprints were barely as impressionable as the little girls. Unless an expert, if anyone tracked him he would be hard to find. Nigh impossible, or so he hoped. Though he only hoped because he was a cautious man, like a wolf, he did not take chances or give his enemy a break. Never. Not even now. The little girl would hardly hear him coming, or if she did, she would think of him only as her fathers guard come to fetch her again, since she had run away, again, to play her imaginary games and be the son her father had always wanted.
Well... It was too late for that. Wasn't it?
"Yes, too late child," The Wolf whispered to himself, as he stepped out from behind a tree slowly. Only to catch a glance of the child atop a hill, atop a boulder, waving a branch as if it were a sword into the air. Quickly he slipped back behind the tree, and watched. Seeing what she would do next, if she came closer he would be able to simply snatch her. If she traveled away, he would continue to stalk. There was no need to draw a weapon, she was so tiny, and weak. This was almost too easy, though, the escape with her as baggage could prove to be exciting. Hopefully, it would not be.
Patient, quiet, and deadly as he ever had been. He waited.