Stone Circle When the party is over

Arlette felt her vision start to darken around the edges. She struggled against the big cat to get freed. She could feel its claws sink in her shoulder. She cried out desperately. Another cramp going through her belly. Then the weight was off her, pain shooting through her as the pressure was released. The claws scraped over her ear and one side of her face. She barely felt it with the adrenaline going through her. A relief went through Arlette's body as she tried to stand. She realized how dizzy she was due to the lack of air and she couldn't put any weight on her left front side.

Still, all the female wanted was to get to Kaito. She limped, dragged, and wiggled her way to Kaito despite the pain. "Kaito," she breathed, feeling out of breath and light-headed. She barely registered what was happening with the cougar. She had to go to him. She stumbled before him and started to cry. "Kaito," she whined and brought her nose close to him. He looked, unwell. How was she to fix this while she was ripped open herself? Tears continued to run down her cheek. "I had to help, you know me," she returned with a soft sob. She watched Kaito, and how he closed his eyes. She let out a whine and nudged him with her nose. "Kaito, stay with me," she urged, her voice sounding worried.

She whined loudly when the male started to call out 'please'. She tried to regain contact with him, but he seemed gone. His eyes, like they weren't seeing her. She crawled even closer, pain shooting from her neck and shoulder through her body. Each movement a reminder that she was injured. The physical was a good reminder that she was still here and alive. She didn't want to feel this pain, as another pain was settling over her heart. Just like with her other wounds it hurt with every heartbeat. She was going to lose him. She ached as she pushed her good paw against him. "You have to live!," she begged. "Please live," she added in a desperate whisper.

A heartbreaking sob came from her lips as Kaito mentioned his Dad. At least he had found him, but she knew that that would mean he was going to leave her. Kaito was dying. She couldn't even phantom what he was seeing. She tried to lift her head in agony but wasn't seeing what Kaito was seeing. Her eye was drawn to Nanook taking down the cougar. Arlette tried to swallow sob and took in a shaky breath. It didn't soothe anything. Kaito had done so much for her. Her muzzle moving to the male's ear. The female nodded minimally. "Yes, I see him," she whispered to him, barely holding it together, knowing that she would be unable to save the male. "Why..." She couldn't help but let a sob escape. "Why don't you go with him...," she managed to let out. She had to look away, vision obscured with tears.

There was one last moment of clarity, in which the male said something she didn't understand, but she related it to Kaito seeing his father, and perhaps others of his family he had missed while he was here with her. She buried her face into his familiar fur. He was slipping away from her. He told her to forgive. She wasn't mad at him. She couldn't be, ever. As her face was buried in his fur, she could just feel the moment that her beloved Kaito left her. The female let out a gasping sob as she was hit with the realization that Kaito was no longer. The floodgates opened as she felt like the sole survivor of a battlefield. Three dead bodies sprawled around her, her mother nowhere to be seen. The loud ugly sobs came and continued as she mourned the loss. Not only Kaito but also her aunt. Sobbing howls filled the air, pure pain echoed throughout Easthollow.

She winced between her sobs as she felt a stab in her belly once more. Now she looked there were no punctures or wounds. Oh no. She leaned against Kaito, his body still warm, just how it was at night when he was snuggled against her. For a moment, she could just imagine that he was still here with her. She started to push on instinct and breathing labored. Why now? She just cried out as the first pup was pushed out. The female was in too much pain to go look, but there were no sounds. She closed her eyes. Arlette had not felt them move in a while. Her nose told enough, the smell wasn't one of the living. She continued wanting this terrible night to be over. The next followed. It was clear she lost these pups earlier than this night. Perhaps she unconsciously already knew. Were they the ones mentioned by Kaito?

The tears had stopped by now. The female breathing was shallow as she just stared before her. A few hours ago she was so extremely rich, rich with love. She had not registered it, and now, she had lost it all. She was left in this dark world, all alone. Death surrounding her. Arlette was completely zoned out for anyone, or anything that was happening around her. If new wolves had come she had not noticed. Her face slack and void of any emotion as she was lost in her own darkness, looking at images that had been or could have been.

He had been good for her but clearly they were not meant to be, not even their children.

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