Reawakening

Acacia released a long and broken breath before standing tall and looking Raheerah in the eye. "I will not disappoint you any more than I have. I came injured and acted as though I were a warrior, but a warrior is not a coward. I know I can do this." Another breath came before she slowly tilted her head back and released a mournful howl for those who she had come to know and let down.

Her howl was for those she had hurt, for those she had doubted, and for those who she had given reason to doubt her. Because she meant it; she was a warrior, and from this point forward she would act like one.