Broken Antler Fen You fear only fear itself

She was quiet as he spoke, the images of both her mother and her uncle going through her head like an image reel. Her Mother trying to give birth and dying in the process, her pups laying lifeless beside her. Her Uncle, battered, bloodied, and torn at the bottom of a cliff. The emotions swirled within her, mixing together. She wanted to cry at the fate of her Mother, and laugh at the fate of her Uncle. All this time, she had been running, afraid he would come for her. He wasn't even of this world anymore. 

Sebastian confessed he had found their father, too, but this elicited no feelings from Aviana. He had never been present in their life, and she had never really cared. She had looked to Seb so much that the absence of Burke did nothing to her, nor did his presence here in the Wilds. I have no reason to go to him, she confessed easily. 

She opened her maw to keep her end of the deal, to tell Sebastian what their Uncle had done to her. She closed it. Opened it. Closed it again. She sighed. She had never once voiced her past, even when it kept her awake at night, and lonely for all this time. Her gaze looked at the surrounding area as she tried to find a way to say it without actually saying it. It was a few long moments before she spoke. I'm glad he's is dead, she said, no emotion in her voice. He... He did the same to me as he did with Mom, she confessed, pausing for only a second before she lost her nerve to continue. Only, I wasn't willing, and nothing became of it. She hadn't gotten pregnant, for which she was glad. Aviana was a kind soul and would never blame her pups had she had them. But, to have to look at the product of her rape everyday would have been torture, no matter how much she would have loved them. I left the next day, and have been running ever since.

She kept her gaze locked on the ground, almost scared to look at her brother. Since she had never told anyone, she had no idea what kind of reaction to expect.