spirit · tribal · brave · protective · cunning · anthropomorphic · romance · mischievous · stubborn · dawn
Dawn bleeds across the sky, a wash of liquid gold and burnt orange. On a hilltop washed in that new light, an old apple tree stands sentinel, its branches heavy with ripe fruit. Beneath it, a sand-and-earth colored mare is poised, every muscle taut, her wheat-colored mane lifting in the cool breeze. She senses you—a shift in the air, a held breath—and stills her leap, turning her head with deliberate slowness. Her blue eyes, keen and searching behind the curtain of her bangs, find you and hold, silent and assessing.