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Leaving notice to Burke that he would be away a few days, Damien left the darkness of Blackfeather Woods for once in a long time. He felt so comfortable at home, so accustomed to the shadows, and so connected to it's energy that he hated leaving the place; but lately that same energy had been Darker than usual, short of overwhelming. He simply didn't know for how long he could hold himself together if he stayed there.

Damien did not have a plan for his journey, and he knew the risks of leaving the pack in the middle of winter, but that was actually the point. Damien wanted--No, he needed to find peace, and since the only place he'd ever found it in was hell, he hoped that getting lost would take his mind away from all the pain, and for once, allow him to stop thinking.

His foot took him north, past a huge lake and up a mountain. So far it had been a couple days since his first step out of Blackfeather Woods, but still it seemed that the darkness of it had clung on him like a disease. He couldn't run away from the void his mother had left in his heart; he couldn't help missing his sister; he couldn't drop the anger for being abandoned by his father; and lately, the guilt of giving in to the desire of closeness to his brother had been the catalyst that made everything feel ten times worse.

While he ignored the fact that there had once been a pack that inhabited the peak he was nearing, he could sense the faint smell of fading markings, and as he ventured further up he noticed the signs that showed him this was an abandoned claim. For a moment he focused more in what he'd found rather than the pain in his heart, and he allowed his mind to drift away from the darkness.

Further up the hill Damien caught a glimpse of a stain in the white mantle in the distance. It moved, and his eyes shifted to make out the figure. It was unbelievable, and Damien blinked amazement. It was him. Coat of midnight black and eyes of pale silver. It had to be an apparition, but just to make sure Damien walked towards "himself" as he drowned in curiosity.