Dragoncrest Cliffs partita

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She did not harbour a great deal of hope when she heard Ashlar’s call. He was most likely just coming to touch base…Still, she didn’t waste time, and changed her course so she could hear in his direction. 

When she spotted him in the distance opposite her two home bound children she stiffened softly. They were a bit too close to the borders- not for their age, but simply considering the fact that they were the only two little birds she had left and she was keen to keep them from flying the nest too.

It did not bother her that they were with Ashlar. She caught a glance from Suzu, but her daughter did not look worried. Her brother, as usual, was her guardian and was doing all the talking.

Calamity erupted, though; Ashlar said something that wound the kids right up. They celebrated. Suzu squealed, and dashed toward her, and Étienne bounded toward Ashlar with an eagerness that made her heart simultaneously flutter and sink. 

Had he told them he was their father?

Suzu beat a path toward her, and Chacal laughed softly, hastening her pace and bumping her nose against Suzu’s grey flank as she was led back by her daughter, who by this point was panting too heavily to speak, to where Étienne was interrogating Ashlar. She overheard a bit of what he’d said. She pulled Suzu against her side so she could lean against her and catch her breath, but she looked at Ashlar with wolf eyes.

”Ashlar, did you find…?” She asked. The tightness of hope clenched her heart again.