Blackfoot Forest The simorgh sleeps on velvet tongues

I figured it would be the present! But thanks for letting me know, Kat

A chill went up Hawkeye's spine as Pied looked around. She had seen visions appear in front of herself before when the red appeared--the wolf could have been another apparition of her mind's making, although it had seemed different. Swallowing nervously, she spoke. "Oh. Nevermind, I must have just been seeing things, then." It was the truth.

Hawkeye moved her eyes around the forest. "How have you been, Pied? I haven't seen you since... uhm." She felt awkward, like she had interrupted a moment, though there hadn't been one. Everything had felt "off" since the night with the Dragonwatchers. Nothing had gone as planned, and learning that Pied and Koontz were relatives had thrown her off. Koontz was even cruel to her own family, something that literally made her see red. Family should come before everything, no matter what her feelings had been towards Hawkeye. She simply disowned the spotted female without a second thought; it made the black wolf's heart ache and her furiously angry all at once.

Before she lost control, she took a deep breath and spoke once more. "I wish that night had gone differently. I apologize for not telling you my... past with that pack. And for what happened with your cousin."

set by sophie