Dawnlark Plains loyalties

Pantaleimon sighed softly to herself while she considered what to do; she still hadn’t made up her mind. She really wanted to turn around and just go back to Peregrine, but another part of her felt like she’d travelled way too far to not go and see Reek. To at least try and see him. Then she thought of Sebastian and a chill ran down her spine, and she’d just go back to staring into the distance, inverted into her own mind and unable to make a proper decision.

That is, until she saw the approach of another wolf. Distant at first; it piqued Pantaleimon’s curiosity, but that curiosity soon faded when the stranger got closer. Pan’s heart caught in her throat as the young female approached with bared teeth and hostile stature.

With her tail tucked between her legs, Pantaleimon instantly threw her large body to the ground, reverting to her most primal instincts. The fact that her could be assailant was a female didn’t help. It felt like minutes had to have passed – although in reality, it was mere seconds – since the female had asked her to explain herself before Pan managed to find her voice at all. ”I w-w-wuh-wuhs vuh-v-vih…” Pan kept her eyes trained on the grass between her legs while she tried to find the words, but everything just seemed to get stuck in her throat while she tried to explain herself, so she took a deep breath while she tried to collect herself and muttered a barely audible, ”sorry,” though to an onlooker who caught the word it would not be clear if it was intended towards the one who questioned her, or towards Pan herself.