Ravensblood Forest Homecoming Hunter

last post from me :)

Oh, the two were being so sickeningly sweet to each other! So cautious were they to offend one another that neither would eat first, leaving Olive to assume that responsibility. It was the last place Olive wanted to be, but she assumed it willingly; gnawing off small pieces of the under their scrutinizing gaze [or was Olive imagining it?]. She chewed and swallowed and smiled at them both, trying to act as the social lubricant needed to make this weird situation what it really was: a celebration!

But soon she tired of wrestling with a corpse and she lifted her head, a proud and thankful emotion writ upon her soft features. “My love,” she nuzzled him for a solitary moment, struggling to pull herself away. “I am so proud of you.  Now we are connected not only by soul, but by the bonds of family. ” The doe planted a kiss upon his cheek. “I will be at home - eat your fill and then return to me.”

“Chusi,” Olive dipped her head at the young woman. “Thank you, thank you.” and then the thankful Olive darted away between the bleeding timbers.