Redhawk Caldera Day 'n night

There had been many times since leaving her birth pack that Finley thought back on the family that she had left behind.  Very rarely was there any remorse remorse involved in her musings; she didn't regret leaving them at all.  It had been the right thing for her and she trusted that her family had felt the same.  They had all known her to be the highly spirited and uncontainable force of nature that she was, so none of them had seemed at all surprised when she and Colt had announced that they were going.  So no, it was with only affection and curiosity that the Blackthorn opened that particular door to her past - Just to peek at their faces and to wonder what they looked like now, what they were doing, and how many more of them that there were by now.


There were other doors in her mind that she kept locked tight, and though even stealing those glimpses of her family at times would threaten the integrity of the lock.  Thankfully it hadn't opened yet, not fully at least.  It would have to eventually if she was going to give herself fully to Elwood.
Somewhere in her fickle mind, she knew it too.  But every day she found a new reason to push it off - a new distraction, a new excuse, a new little lie she told herself to make it seem like maybe he really never did have to find out.  Maybe no one did.  Maybe she could just live and die with this huge cloud hanging over her head, making her reactions and feelings seem irrational, cold, cowardly or even needlessly cruel.  That would be worth it, right?  Just to avoid ever facing the demons on the other side of that door?  One scenario presented the possibility of losing all she loved forever.  The other was a certainty in her emotionally scarred mind and heart.

Finley was certainly of that mind as she made her way curiously towards the borders, obedient to her lover's call.  He had good timing as she'd already been searching for him since she hadn't seen him at all that day and was jonesin' for some Twiggy cuddles before bedtime.  As for who this visitor was that had come to see her specifically, she hadn't a clue who it could be.  Her initial thought was Finn, but were that the case she couldn't imagine why Elwood's voice hinted at excitement about it.  Unless he didn't know about their whole history... which could easily be the case...  Damn she had a lot of secrets from him..  She needed to work on that.  Or not.  Whatever.

The silver female was quick to close the distance between herself and her friendboy, her gaze shifting from him to the female at his side back to him.  "Hey love, what'd you bring me today?" she asked, reluctant to spare the female a glance.  She was obnoxiously pretty, and thus Fin hardened against her right off the bat.  Likely this was the reason it took her a moment to realize that she'd seen the girl's face before, but once she finished giving Elwood an affectionate kiss and turned to really look at her, the pieces began to fall into place in her memory.  Her eyes widened ever so slowly as her brain began to accept what she was seeing, her jaw dropping as well every step of the way.

"Ti..ger?" Fin said slowly, canting her head.  Shock had paralyzed her from reacting any further, and thus she just stood there, gawking at her sister like a creep.