Broken Boulder or without your smile

set sometime after this thread
this is not mandatory; there will only be one round. in a week or so I'll wrap it up <3
@Lanawyn @Lily @Korei Julia @Xahi @Delight @Queenie @Semira @Horosk @Liri

Blank and hollow, he covered miles of plains carrying his dead packmate. The horror had left him— the regret and sorrow had left him. None of these things brought light to her eyes or warmth to her body again; he wondered if he even had a right to wish it so. If he had any right to be upset at all.
But he wasn't upset— he only felt cold.
The energy left him as he crossed the borders; he only made it as far as the creek. His lungs were tight, and a sharp pain bit fiercely through his skull; his disheveled coat reeked with the scent of Sleeping Dragon. He tried to lower Ioa gently to the ground, but the woman still flopped sickeningly. The Governor paused, gaze fixed on the unmarred corpse for several beats.
Finally, he howled— not to summon his packmates, but to inform them. Ioa had not been with them for long; he did not expect them to help him bury her, or to grieve. He would hold his own vigil tonight, and perhaps they would come if they felt inclined. Alarian moved, then, to dig a grave for the pale woman, knowing it to be his charge.