Bearclaw Valley lionizing

betrayal, then. they will not choose, which means they choose Aventus.

get out, NOW —

— the barest whisper in her mind, drowned out by the screaming grief that is her parents' withdrawal from the scene. her brother's blows pale in comparison to the agony of being left behind.

he tells her to go, to get out, and go she will. there is nothing else to do, now.

Avicus gives her brother one last long, withering look, eyes cold and hard as packed winter snow. a heartbeat, then another. and then she turns and limps away, first at a walk, then at a wobbly trot. she passes @Ashlar along the way and gives him the barest glance;

he hadn't even the courage to face the coyote under orders; he would not follow her now.

blood-flower leaves crimson nectar in her wake, heading toward the border, out the valley,

gone