Bitterroot Valley watching as i fall

Bitterness had consumed him. Granted it had consumed him over the years. Perhaps it was just amplified now by his departure from The Frozen Territories. He trudged along through the unknown terrain with a scowl cutting sharply into his features.

The dark male would have kept moving on had something not caught his attention. It was a pale figure just up ahead and momentarily, his scowl seemed to become something sad. His throat tightened as he called out. Katyenka? It couldn't be her, could it? She was supposed to be far from him. Yet his heart still wished for it to be her.