Injured Pride| { Private }

"Akira." The mares name was soft on his tongue as he repeated it in his mind, a pretty name for the pretty little thing she was. The thought almost brought a smile to the Bachelors face but it was quickly dispersed by an uncomfortable pit that formed in his belly. Mares were never to be trusted. It was Akira's sudden stumble that brought his attention back to the forest as the smaller horses weight leaned further into his side. "Jaxon," he spoke curtly, turning his eye away from the wincing mare as another step visibly contorted her delicate features. The hock was beginning to swell slightly making their urgency all the more pressing but still slowing them even further. 

The wind had calmed now, the forest silent around the equine in an almost eerie manor. They had now pressed further into loner territory (if it could be called that) leaving the stallion tense and anxious. There was little threat from Bachelor here, unless one was stupid enough to come barging through the forbidden land. Even bachelor colts knew to keep well enough away as loners were particularly hostile to his kind. In some ways, Jaxon couldn't blame them but intense hatred for a horse you didn't know was unfathomable. Then again, he was one to talk. 

"We should reach the Great Pine before the sun sets" a blue eye glanced down at the mare, studying her reactions as his ears twitched nervously. He wasn'tsure what was more threatening at the moment: being in loner territory or allowing this strange mare to know just was secrets he was hiding.