Silence prevailed when questions were better spoken. But what could be asked for the scene that had transpired? Nature had laid its heavy hand upon their haven, and from its unforeseen actions came confusion and unrest. Truly, she would not have thought such a force to invoke that angered will from within another… yet it proved two fold that she knew nothing of nature nor the male she had come to call her mate.
She had watched alongside Acacia in horror as is rage broke its restraints and laid into the white monk. Fur was taken, flesh was pierced, and a body was revered by his brethren was grabbed and tossed by such naked fury; a wilting flower tossed by the relentless jaws of a monster. And like trees, they stood there, watching the hell unfold as their leader was stripped and made humble before the mountain beast. It was painful to watch, yet the eyes of Gamma did not avert. However wrenching the scene, her eyes remained fixed upon the pair, monitoring that one blow might not end the life of another. In truth, she did not understand what stemmed this rage within her mate, but by the flash of his fangs, she knew not to interfere, regardless of her own desire to aid their fallen Alpha. Yet it was the question unasked, the reason behind their brawl, that left her still as well… pondering in silence the significance of the one the pair called Lham. Was Dawa some treasure to them?
When at last the roar of the beast trailed off toward the fallen snow, Xi’nuata relinquished her idle posture to tend to the wounded resting against the tree. She lowered her muzzle to his to ensure he was breathing, then barked sharply for Acacia to accompany him. Trusting the girl to follow her order, she continued, “Watch over him until I return.” Her voice was somber, void of what life she had been assumed to carry in her tone. “I will look for others and see to Raheerah.”
She left no room for contest, turning swiftly on her paws in pursuit of her mate. Regardless of his actions, he could not leave them in this state. And she would be damned to let his personal goal overwrite the needs of the pack.
[Exit Xi’nuata] |