How did Dark react to the wolf Jims?
The Jims don’t see Dark until after Wilford bathes them.
He comes into the bathroom with his arms full of fresh clean towels, still warm from the dryer. He gets down on his knees next to Wilford, rolls up his sleeves, and begins to dry CJ off. The demon remains quiet when both twins shake themselves off and spray water all over his dress shirt. He doesn’t comment on the new scars across their bodies or their still healing wounds. His aura pitches occasionally, his eyes scrunching into a glare as they rake over their skinny ribs and shaking limbs, but not a word passes his lips. The silence is more unnerving than anything, and the twins have their tails tucked and ears flattened by the time the towels are all wet and Wilford leaves to get them new clothes.
It is then, when they are alone, that Dark’s aura descends upon them. The pups yelp, terrified, but the shadows are gentle even if they are cold. The sting of their cuts and the aches of their bruises begins to diminish little by little, until the twins feel nothing but the deep exhaustion in their bones. It is easy for the aura to pull them to Dark then, wrapping them in the still semi-warm towels and letting them burrow into his sides. He puts his hands on their heads and scratches gently at their ears, and the twins finally let their heavy eyes close.
“Go back to sleep,” Dark’s layered voice says to them, soft as a whisper, but getting deeper. The ringing of his aura pitches higher, shaking the mirror over the sink, and the Jims know they should be scared but they’re not.
“I will handle this,” the demon swears, with all the rage that two broken revengeful corrupted souls can possess, and the Jims drift off to sleep.
Wilford returns to find the Jims cradled in shadows, and Dark nowhere to be found.
