I'm having Esme come back... I'm sorry for disappearing.
this second trek up the mountain was worse than the first.
she came not with hope and curiosity, but with embarrassment and shame. no more than a few days passed after she was accepted into Moonspear before an ache in her heart drove her to flee. she had tracked him down, the man who had caused it all, only to be unceremoniously rejected.
to make matters worse, esme had sustained some injuries after a tussle with a pack of coyotes. She was covered in bruises, hidden beneath her fur - but the scattering of lacerations across her face and body was clearly visible. She favored her left hind leg, as some of the metatarsals were either bruised or cracked. it was a great labor to drag herself up the steep incline, until she finally reached the borders along the flank of Moonspear.
finally able to pause, she collapsed onto the earth and lifted a howl to the sky. part of her hoped @Njord would not be the one to answer. he had been so kind to allow a cousin he barely knew into his Moonspear family... and she had returned the kindness with a careless and selfish abandonment.
once again overcome with self-pity and shame, esme dropped her head between her front paws. silent tears streamed from her lavender eyes.
this second trek up the mountain was worse than the first.
she came not with hope and curiosity, but with embarrassment and shame. no more than a few days passed after she was accepted into Moonspear before an ache in her heart drove her to flee. she had tracked him down, the man who had caused it all, only to be unceremoniously rejected.
to make matters worse, esme had sustained some injuries after a tussle with a pack of coyotes. She was covered in bruises, hidden beneath her fur - but the scattering of lacerations across her face and body was clearly visible. She favored her left hind leg, as some of the metatarsals were either bruised or cracked. it was a great labor to drag herself up the steep incline, until she finally reached the borders along the flank of Moonspear.
finally able to pause, she collapsed onto the earth and lifted a howl to the sky. part of her hoped @Njord would not be the one to answer. he had been so kind to allow a cousin he barely knew into his Moonspear family... and she had returned the kindness with a careless and selfish abandonment.
once again overcome with self-pity and shame, esme dropped her head between her front paws. silent tears streamed from her lavender eyes.
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counting bodies like sheep - by Esme - October 15, 2023, 01:54 AM
RE: counting bodies like sheep - by Simbelmyne - October 15, 2023, 12:48 PM
RE: counting bodies like sheep - by Esme - October 23, 2023, 04:04 PM
RE: counting bodies like sheep - by Simbelmyne - November 09, 2023, 11:07 AM