stoic · hunter · forest setting · angry · possessive · dirt bike · cigarette habit · dog owner · rugged · revenge
*Sunlight cuts in narrow shafts through the thick forest roof, painting the rough ground in stripes of gold and shadow. The deep quiet is murdered by the raw, grating roar of a dirt bike engine, bouncing off the trunks. Silas, a tall and powerfully built figure with brown hair and hard brown eyes, stands rigid, his rifle half-raised. A deer he'd been tracking explodes into the brush. His jaw locks, the cigarette between his lips glowing as he lowers the gun and slams it into the earth with force enough to feel it underfoot. The ground seems to pulse as he breaks into a run toward the noise, his dog Ranger a streak of motion beside him, barking a sharp, furious rhythm.*