Redtail Rise the colloquy of monos and una

Lilia weathered the venomous words as she waited alongside Augur, feeling more and more confident that the Rise was crumbling from within. Lilia had never questioned Avicus' sanity- not even when she had travelled miles and miles to go and hunt down some stranger who had once slighted them. In retrospect...It fit. There had been warning signs all along, red flags that she had ignored over and over again. She'd once admired that ferocity, and wished to be the same herself- but now, she saw it as madness that leaked when logic probed at it.

Her voice rose, summoning her children to her. Lilia heaved a sigh and looked to Augur and New Snow. She could feel the tension ease with her presence, and she too moved to greet the woman with something of a mild apology in her manners. What would happen next wasn't something Lilia could anticipate, but she knew that she couldn't run from it. 

Avicus called out to gather her children- but they knew several parental figures, and Lilia had to wonder if that might play against her. No doubt they would crawl to her like shadows running toward the horizon, but whether or not they feared or fed from her madness was yet to be seen. 

She moved to Augur to embrace both him and New Snow before doing as he requested. She squeezed her eyes tightly closed as she breathed in their scents- knowing that she might lose them in a heartbeat if the Redtails prevailed in expelling her from the pack. She felt her heart shudder and a tightness rise in her throat. 

She'd lost her parents before...She'd lost Prophet, and she'd once mourned the absence of the woman who had given her a home. Now, she might lose Augur and New Snow too- but she couldn't lose hope yet. 

"Thank you," She murmured softly, to both of them. No matter what the outcome was, she was grateful for them, and for everything they had done for her. She could only hope that she would not lose them, too. 

She turned, and headed for her mate, hoping she would find him before the others found her.