Ravensblood Forest What Do I Have Left?

The chuff startled her and she flinched, ears angling back before she recognized Bilah. He was a welcome addition to Sacrarium, and she trusted him thanks to him bringing Lenora home. She smiled weakly at him, and when he laid down beside her, she did not move away.

He was dark-furred, perhaps a bit rugged, and handsome... but he was not Luka. She felt guilty, allowing him this close, but she needed it, and Luka was not here. He never really had been. Lorelai swallowed a lump in her throat, then cleared her throat.

"Hi... Sorry, I — my brain started going places and I... I got scared." But then again, she feared mostly everything.