Silverlight Terrace run, boy, run.

And he refused to relent.

Hrath, in the wild eyes of Keir, would see no love nor affection. He would see no spirit taunted to the edge of sanity nor the offspring of his own being, no, he saw the devil in the guise of a creature; the mirroring of he, who stood for all that was right in the world. Law, order, and punishment. If a fool was to barter knowing that the guillotine was awaiting him then that was upon his head and his head alone… and Hrath was the guillotine alright, the executioner, the one whos claws itched to drag lines against that matted, horrid pelt of his former kins. 

It was all he could do to find peace with Aleih’s murder.

Beat by beat he came faster now, the memories of his child's body at his paws as his heart thundered in his ears-- go, go, get him, get the bastard who so easily splits his own families death like a rat caught betwixt teeth!! The dull grease-shine of that blueish coat was getting larger in his eyes as the child tired, tumbling through the woods with his breath coming in gasps… and Hrath withheld a laugh as the fever only burned harder and faster within him like flames let loose. Closer, now, closer.

The smell of earth and copper, the dim glinting of teeth against pink gums under the low sunlight, and with his feet braced against the rocky path Hrath lunged with limbs outspread… and those paws crashed into Keir’s spine with evil intent, bringing his entire weight down upon the boy as they both plummeted to the earth. 

“You thought you could run, boy?!” Came the breathless wheeze as Hrath twisted to a stand with his maw dripping, claws thrust outward so they could begin raking against the others face-- it caught the left side with such horror that his eyelid was nicked, Keir’s cheek razed, blood spouted hot and fast as flesh crumpled beneath razor-nails--!! “I’ll kill you-- This is where you die--”

That paw retracted, but with its raising it was clear it would come again… down upon the exact same spot that was blossomed in red-- the father was aiming for Keir’s eye--

“But before you do, I’m going to take EVERYTHING FROM YOU!!”