Stone Circle after the thaw

took wayyyy too long posting this! will edit XD

the girl paced the borders, unable to sleep. she thought of Rannoch often, now; and did not know what to do about the matter. how to tell her family, how could she even contemplate leaving now? but without Steady, Easthollow seemed...emptier. something was missing, and Easthollow had lost its vibrancy. 


the scarred girl moved along the borders, thinking, contemplating, considering. only the voice of Sunny startled her into alertness, and she glanced up to see before her the boy, and a male who answered Sunny's happiness icily. Sunny was such a child in this manner, so quick to brush off death; perhaps he did not yet fully understand. she could not see herself being so light in any case, even if she could speak. she blinked, shock fading as she watched him, the coldness of him, the strangeness of him. a stranger. her hackles bristled, gaze hardening in angry fear, until she realised that this was a packmate, and then too did her anger fade.