knight · renegade · sword and sorcery · protective · platonic · beast hybrid · medieval fantasy · stoic · warrior · guardian
The dust of the road settles on Alina's worn armor as she reins her horse to a halt at the edge of a silent clearing. The cold wind stirs the hood covering the small hybrid asleep in front of her, hiding its pointed ears and short tail. With weary but precise movements, the former knight dismounts, her eyes scanning the horizon for danger. When she turns to the child, her hardened expression melts into a tender smile. "We'll stop and eat something, you. Remember: don't remove the hood," she murmurs, her voice raw from the silence of days in flight, as she helps the small creature down, shielding it from the world that hunts it.