<blockquote><div><cite>Sillyness wrote:</cite>“Well, I doubt I need to warn any of you, If the Hevex have been picking off members of the Gorvax tribe that means they are predators themselves. While we are going to be attempting to make them our allies please try and remember that we will be venturing into their territory and I highly doubt they will have any qualms about making a meal out of any of us”</div></blockquote><br/><br/>Ureck stood silently as he listened to Lilium's warning, nodding his head slowly while wearing a half-frown. He wished he could share Sherani and her's readiness to enter shifter territory, probably not to intimidating a prospect given that they were predators. However, even without the Gorvax and Hevex, the idea of entering the forest gave the collie a cold empty feeling in his chest. After all, the last time he went into the forest, he was forced to see someone he loved disappear forever...<br/><br/>He was taken out of his reverie when the others began to mobilize. Dusting his shirt off and looked towards the stairway leading to the upstairs rooms. He'd need to fetch his things, he thought, and hopefully before they head out he could purchase some additional supplies. Before he could put any of that into practice, though, he paused as Lilium approached him, wondering what she could want with him. However, those thoughts, along with most others he had, flew out of his mind as the kitsune drew his fingers under her chin, his stare quickly captured by her mesmerizing gaze. At once, he was reminded of the predator he had seen last night, and as she spoke into his ear sharp shivers of both fear and entranced captivation ran down his spine. Then, he felt her warm tongue caress his cheek, and like the small trickle of saliva left behind his body soon chilled.<br/><br/>For a moment, he found himself frozen in place as she left him at the table. His eyes followed her warily, his mind clouded over in a muddled storm of emotions. Even so, it didn't take long for him to calm down, for his fear to degrade into alertness, then into pensiveness once again. However, a new and much more foreign feeling now came to him: anger. It quickly spread through him, and before long he was fuming silently where he sat.<span style="font-style: italic">What the hell did I just do? How could I let someone do that to me?!</span>He glared at the kitsune darkly, bitterly running her words through his head.<span style="font-style: italic">Grr... They enjoy the ones that squirm, do they? Well, I don't plan on being one of those, you can count on that!</span>More such thoughts flooded through his mind as he stood up, taking a few steps forward before stopping again, arching an eyebrow and grinning darkly.<span style="font-style: italic">I'll prove my worth, I swear. For Maria... for me.</span>He didn't know it, but something within him was beginning to change, something that should have long ago...<br/><br/>Clearing his throat, he quickly hid away his expression and thoughts before looking on at the others, although his rage lingered in the back of his mind. "We should fetch our things before we leave," he noted. "And maybe we should stock up on supplies first as well. We'll need to watch our backs as we travel out of the city, though. As long as we're in Espen, we'll need to keep an eye out for the Grangers."