Redtail Rise Family Reunion

Ally sat back, and the elder stopped where she was - just a foot away from touching muzzles - with tears filling her own eyes. Her daughter asked why she'd abandoned her, and she too began to cry. Nova's heart ached as she remembered the day she was forced away from her daughter. 

                "Sweetheart, I didn't abandon you - I had no choice. Kylus and Emory hated me with every bone in their selfish bodies. Once you were old enough to not need me, Emory demanded your father to kill me. I only just got away with my life, dear, and as hard as I fought to get to you first, I just couldn't. He would have killed us both." 

Sitting back on her haunches, Nova held herself high and raised ler left leg. From where her daughter was sitting, she knew she'd be able to see the bright pink, thick scar stretching from her right flank to her left armpit - it was the only reminder she had from the times there, the proof of her story. Despite the fact she'd been next to abused, she could never hate anything that gave her her children.