Redsand Canyon vultus

Fennec turned away when he was gone and moved through the trees, faster and faster, as tears finally ran tracks down her face. When she was out of earshot she collapsed into wracking sobs.

She’d been a fool. She wasn’t angry; just shattered. He’d told her the truth, but that truth spoke to months of lies. Had he told Meadow that he could never love her? Ruenna?

No. He’d loved his first wife. It was the second that had no chance. The one truth he’d given her and she’d been foolish to think she could live that way.

If he returned, she did not know if it would be honor that brought him back. She didn’t know if she could trust him again, and that more than anything sent her into another bout of tears. At the start, she’d trusted him implicitly.

Stupid.

She would wear herself out until there was nothing left, but that night, she would return to her spot next to him. There was no anger to keep her away; just dread for the lonely days to come.