September 21, 2015, 11:28 AM
The wolves' voices faded behind them as Regipre led Sart deeper into the forest. She smelled Reek's and Saena's kind all around them and it made her tawny fur prickle. They should probably get as far away as possible. Yet when the slightly older of the two spotted a tree with a fissure between its roots, she made a quiet hissing sound to draw Sart's attention and led the way over to it.
She poked her head inside, hovering a moment until her eyes adjusted to the dimness. The tree's base was hollow, the ceiling perhaps three feet high. The two of them could easily fit inside the little entry and tuck themselves inside with a little bit of room to spare. "Get in here," Reggie instructed her sister, moving out of the way to make room. She faced the narrow doorway. She figured no wolf could pass through it, so they would be safe here, at least for now.
"Reek lied," Reggie said after a few moments of silence. She sought Sart's eyes in the tree's gloomy interior. "Said nothing would hurt us." He had called his home a sanctuary. "He lied," she repeated. Her voice was mostly toneless, though there was a solemn note to it. She had trusted and deferred to this wolf and he had led them right into what felt like a trap.
Saena had attempted to kill Sart right off the bat. Her threatening words drifted in the whelp's head. They would never be safe here, not like Reek had said. What was more worrisome, in a way, was that Reggie realized that implicitly trusting him had been a mistake. Reek was not as benevolent as he had seemed at first. And no matter what happened in the end, her reverential take on wolves was forever blighted for it.
She poked her head inside, hovering a moment until her eyes adjusted to the dimness. The tree's base was hollow, the ceiling perhaps three feet high. The two of them could easily fit inside the little entry and tuck themselves inside with a little bit of room to spare. "Get in here," Reggie instructed her sister, moving out of the way to make room. She faced the narrow doorway. She figured no wolf could pass through it, so they would be safe here, at least for now.
"Reek lied," Reggie said after a few moments of silence. She sought Sart's eyes in the tree's gloomy interior. "Said nothing would hurt us." He had called his home a sanctuary. "He lied," she repeated. Her voice was mostly toneless, though there was a solemn note to it. She had trusted and deferred to this wolf and he had led them right into what felt like a trap.
Saena had attempted to kill Sart right off the bat. Her threatening words drifted in the whelp's head. They would never be safe here, not like Reek had said. What was more worrisome, in a way, was that Reggie realized that implicitly trusting him had been a mistake. Reek was not as benevolent as he had seemed at first. And no matter what happened in the end, her reverential take on wolves was forever blighted for it.
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Knife in the Ocean - by Reek - September 17, 2015, 02:29 PM
RE: Knife in the Ocean - by Regipre - September 17, 2015, 02:38 PM
RE: Knife in the Ocean - by Sart - September 17, 2015, 03:56 PM
RE: Knife in the Ocean - by Saēna - September 17, 2015, 06:12 PM
RE: Knife in the Ocean - by Reek - September 17, 2015, 11:20 PM
RE: Knife in the Ocean - by Regipre - September 18, 2015, 08:58 AM
RE: Knife in the Ocean - by Sart - September 18, 2015, 11:25 AM
RE: Knife in the Ocean - by Saēna - September 19, 2015, 05:58 PM
RE: Knife in the Ocean - by Regipre - September 19, 2015, 11:52 PM
RE: Knife in the Ocean - by Reek - September 20, 2015, 09:53 AM
RE: Knife in the Ocean - by Sart - September 20, 2015, 12:23 PM
RE: Knife in the Ocean - by Saēna - September 20, 2015, 05:57 PM
RE: Knife in the Ocean - by Regipre - September 21, 2015, 11:28 AM
RE: Knife in the Ocean - by Sart - September 21, 2015, 01:45 PM
RE: Knife in the Ocean - by Regipre - October 05, 2015, 09:06 AM
RE: Knife in the Ocean - by Sart - October 13, 2015, 12:17 PM