Redtail Rise Starting right now, I'll be strong

Smash's departure had showed him something he never wanted to see again. Sure, he was sad that she had left, but he wouldn't necessarily overdose on drugs because of it, the real thing that made him nearly kill himself by indulging excessively on the poppy extract were his emotions. They were things he did not understand, unlike the logical mind he always prided himself in. And although Arion would never admit it, it scared him, it scared him a lot. He had never felt that way before, never known it was possible. Fear cuts deeper than anything else after all.

The chocolate Greek buried his snout into the side of Saena's neck and felt her touch against his cheek. He relaxed, but remained alert at the sametime and immediately tensed at Reek's words. Quickly, Arion pulled himself away from his leader and turned and shoot his friend an angry glare, if looks could kill, the bedraggled Beta would have just died a thousand painful deaths. "What?!" he snarled in a feral manner, hackles bristling along his spine. "You won't, I won't let it," he said, forcing himself to stop bristling in anger.

Saena asked a question and Arion felt her gaze burning a hole through him, but he said nothing, all the fury draining out of him. "You can explain, dearest friend. I'm in no mood to confess my sins or atone for them," the Greek's tail flicked irritably behind him, resisting the urge to sneer at his former drug dealer.