The Sentinels Tiny Blessings Gilded in Black and White

As Blue willow's time had drawn nearer, Osprey had found it harder and harder to be in the presence of her friend and not feel envy. Outwardly she was happy for the couple and their luck and was careful not to show any ill feelings, but the shadow within her heart grew and, when it had become too hard to contain, she sought out the most quiet corners of the territory to fight her demons alone. 

It was yet another evening and after a long day Osprey had returned to the same spot she and Dante had claimed last night. She had fallen into a light sleep, where one is still aware of the everything that happens around you, when Lasher's victorious and proud call announced the arrival of two new souls in this world. The elder opened her eyes, lifted her head and listened, feeling, how the pain she thought she had left forever in the past, was tearing her newly healed heart apart. 

Osprey closed her eyes and curled up in a tight ball, as if that could help to contain the emptiness and darkness within, when it got too hard, she got to her feet and ran, hoping that maybe putting the distance between her and them would make things easier.