Bearclaw Valley must they subject even my pain to the disapproval of their gaze?

 

i miss my @Xan

although alexander had stood up for her she still had not moved much from her position next to her once-favored boulder, scarcely on the outskirts of the valley's borders.  she still dare not set a foot inside it — she did not know exactly what had transpired and what would happen if the sisters cornered her alone.

not that staying in the same spot helped.  but maybe if she stayed on the outside they wouldn't mind so much.  maybe she wouldn't have to deal with them thinking whatever they thought about her.  and out here, she could protect them — all of them — from that dark man.

because although reigi had been slighted by the sisters, she had resigned herself to the duty of guard dog.  they were of the valley, so in a way they were hers.. whether they liked it or not.  because she was property, right?