Swiftcurrent Creek stay with me, my blood, you don't need to run

backdated to just after the taki fight

She returns to the creek in a haze, for once hardly noticing the cloak of darkness over the land as she crosses the borders. Her wounds sting and her paws ache with cold as she trudges through the snow, cursing herself the whole way. She isn't badly wounded, not compared to what she has survived in the past, but her mind feels shattered, and regret and dread have already settled in the pit of her stomach. She can't help but wonder what this means for her children, what Kavik will think. She avoids the den purposefully with this thought in mind, thinking in her foggy state that she might be able to hide this from him. So instead she heads for the creek, deciding that if she has to be cold for the night, she wants it to be there. All she wants is to settle down and forget about her latest mistake, at least for a little while.