Me: Says I’ll share how Max and Damari met literally MONTHS ago
Also Me: Forgets until I’m flipping through my own blog
I’m so sorry. Here you go. Little gorey, I’ll tag it as such.
“I literally stabbed you through the chest!” Maxton growled, rounding on his partner.
“We were kids!’ The man laughed, “Gods, I wasn’t even Odell’s age yet when we met, and you were even younger.”
“I grew up in a cult that truly thought we were the first of Life’s blessed mages on this land, and that unfortunately meant that they taught us to hunt those that ended lives, for whatever reason,” he paused, “like the Wolven.”
“Wasn’t your fault.” Damari hummed.
“Through. The. Chest. Damari.”
“It takes more than some light stabbing to kill a wolf like me.” He winked and Maxton groaned, hiding behind his hands. “Besides, it only took a moon or so for you to realize how wrong you were.”
“I was far more dangerous than you to the lives of those around me. That cult had such awful teachings…” he sighed and tugged on his moustache.
Damari ran his hand over his mates back, “Still not your burden, love. Some folk just use whatever excuse they can to hate others. If it wasn’t because they thought my kind were rabid murderers, they they would have gone after someone else’s kin. Accused the merfolk of drowning boats, or the fairlings for the caravans that get lost in the woods.”
Damari is a “Natural” Wolven, born able to slip between forms ever since he was young. Wolven are either born or bitten, the bites are exceedingly rare, as you have to be bitten by a hound of some variety (Grim, Shuck, Hellhound, etc), not another Wolven. This is how CJ becomes a Wolven, btw.
Maxton, on the other hand, was raised in a cult to believe they were the first generation of the Life blessed (one of the four gods that DONT give blessings because their existence is so intwined with the act of living) and are raised to hunt down and kill those that are “inherently” evil/deadly/a bane on the creations of Life. Essentially they’re hella racist against anyone predator coded, such as wolves, big cats, and essentially hybrids of any predator creature.
Damari thought that Max was stalking him cause he was cute, NOT to stab him in the chest and try to prove himself to his cult.
They end up head over heels in love, and are a sappy old married couple with cute pet names that chase each other through the halls like teenagers sneaking around. They’re disgustingly sappy and romantic and it’s really cliche.
