Lost Creek Hollow without you

He disagrees with her observation. He knows more about whatever he’s talking about than she does. It doesn’t make sense to her but his resolve is laughable. There is nothing in her to need and not a worthy pack leader would take her in. She’ll drag them all down as winter comes. They won’t want to put in the effort to pull her from the brink of death and she’s long since accepted it. The past is nothing more than a haze, something she’s locked away for thinking about it only makes her days worse. Interacting with another tugs at those from hiding and little cues reveal more than she wants.

“You will see,” she tells him, rolling her eyes. She may have lost the flame but the spark stays in the back. She’ll prove it to him. “They will not take a lost cause,” she adds, “I will prove it, then you will leave me be.” The woman jerks her nose for him to retreat and lead her to his destination.