King Elk Forest Far Far From Home

She had stayed put long enough. She knew the risks of straying too far from the keep alone, especially when her hips had widened and belly rounded and it was all she could do to just waddle. But she waddled away anyway, eager to get out and explore the surrounding regions around her new home. While she roamed her thoughts were on the unborn children in her belly, the offspring of her and her love. Her love.....Issun. She smiled to herself as she entered a forest, wandering alongside a creek. Issun had done so much for her, he was loyal and good, he had never betrayed her or lead her astray. He was everything she hoped love would be and more. 

The scent of blood caught her attention, rabbit in particular and she turned in that direction. Something pulled her that way, urged her to follow the scent and she did. For a while there was only bloody pawprints and crimson droplets and then she spotted the thin and sickly looking dark form on the snow. She sniffed at the scent and froze, her hackles immediately rising. It was a scent she could never forget, one that shook her to her very core. Memories flashed through her mind, war, celebration, nights under the stars sharing her deepest dreams. Screaming, shouting, a pinprick and then blackness. "You" she croaked out, voice raw with emotion. "You filthy snake. Traitor. Liar!" she shouted at him, secretly praying it was a mistake. She bared her fangs, eyes aflame with violent intention but she stayed still. She wasn't just living for herself anymore, she had children to birth. "Out of all the others who could have showed. My soldiers, my baby brother...why you?" this came out in an accusational whisper, a lifeless tone filled with heartbreak.