kissing death and loosing my breath

The witch remained altogether silent at the canine's insistence that she tried to gain the trust of her pack no matter the cost that it took. She hardly voiced the simple fact that she had a run in with both men prior to the incident at the Ark. Such times surely would have affected their own continued outlook on her. Despite her insistence that her boyfriend would be rather easy to win over, Serafina was somehow doubtful of such. After all, he had tried to attack her once. Yeah. She hadn't forgotten that and she doubted the were-cat had either regardless of whatever efforts that Raven had intended to make to smooth things over. Still she remained relatively silent on such entanglements with them, offering the canine little more than a soft "Mmm." sound as the duo got into the vehicle. In fact, even if it still dwelled on the young woman's mind she remained relatively quiet throughout the car ride, not one for pointless chit chat and instead let the music from the radio fill the silence that, to Serafina, comfortably existed between the pair. She was peculiarly content with the lupine's presence. It was a rarity for sure.

Nevertheless, the car ride soon came to an end as they drove up to her townhouse, the young witch setting the car to park in the driveway. She paused long enough to press the button on the keys to open the trunk before hopping up the stairs and crossing the threshold into her home. She was so intent upon her goal of fetching the boxes that still littered her home from her store's move that she was entirely oblivious to the shadowy creatures that lurked in the corners of her home, their hands out reaching and their ghastly voices clearly desiring to be heard. She was already in the living room when she heard the first woof of the creature's voice though Serafina hardly bothered to even glance up, figuring the wolf had found something of interest rather than taking it for the warning that it was. In fact, it wasn't until the peculiar colored wolf pressed her mind against the witch's that she bothered to look up from the boxes she was moving, her eyebrows furrowing ever so slightly as her stormy colored gaze settled upon Raven. "What's wrong?" She inquired, quizzically, watching the way the dog's tail slowly began to fall. Something was wrong.

Her eyebrows raised ever so slightly as the wolf pulled back her lips, displaying the sharp, pointed teeth that lined her mouth. "Raven?" She inquired, stepping around her boxes. "What are you doing?" Serafina asked, slowly stepping back with every forward step that Raven made. She knew the wolf well enough to know that this was entirely abnormal. Her eyes darted around the room, a small frown pressing into her lips. She stilled from her retreat from the wolf, suddenly noticing the presence of something else. "Fuck." The curse left her lips softly as they slowly began to materialize despite their still transparent forms. She could make them out now. All of them. Faces she didn't know, people she'd never met. Some looked peaceful, some still maintained the damage from their death....and then, there were the wolves. Her gaze darted back towards her still flesh and blood canine, her gaze shifting to the ghastly figures that followed in Raven's path. Everyone had ghosts attached to them in some way or another - a loved one, a mother or father, or, in rare cases, creatures such as these. There were long gashes in their figures, one of the wolve's heads nearly dangled at an awkward angle and yet they mirrored every step of Raven's footfall - the ghost of her own familiar's distant past.

"Raven. Raven stop. This isn't you." She uttered abruptly, the horrific scene entirely reminding her of that fateful night she had discovered her ability to commune to the dead. Her own mentor was nowhere to be found. He'd been startlingly absent lately and briefly she hated that she hadn't noticed sooner, now when she could have used his help. Serafina turned on her heels, instead rushing towards the kitchen, looking vainly for anything that could help her. What sort of potion did you brew to stop the undead?!