Emberwood i don't know how to love anything without sinking my teeth into it

Lotte’s reassuring words settle within her. In that moment, they don’t necessarily make her feel better, but the will. In due time. For now, she can at least shed the blame that her mother’s death is her fault. If she had stayed, maybe Lotte’s words are true, or it would have fallen on her anyway. Or it wouldn’t. It doesnt matter the reason she’d been beneath it, just that she had. She closes her eyes when a warm nose touches her cheeks and she leans in, quiet, and without knowing a single thing to say. 

After a quiet moment, she leans back into her and eventually sinks her rump to the ground. All the nights she cuddled up to her to sleep, it’s all she’s ever wanted again. One more chance to feel this closeness and to keep the hurt at bay, for a while. Somewhere, she knows she still won’t get it but she can cling to the fleeting tendrils of this world for a little while longer.