Dawnlark Plains 'salem's lot

for @Reek, bc im impatient af

after speaking with jhala, vuk steeled herself to find reek once more. her courage deserted her as she came into view of the grotto, however; the patchwork girl found herself deserting the borders and fleeing into the plains beyond. a stretch of devastation greeted her; the girl's head dipped and she found herself weeping silently, suddenly, as much for the continued ruination of the land as for herself and the decision she had made.

she did not call for reek; not then -- vuk could not bear the man seeing her in such a state, disheveled, tearstained, and weak. her thin body was racked with its sobs, and she felt the keen knife of bitterness slice into her gut. why did her life have to be marked by such pain? was it not enough that she had lost her children, her pack, and now would lose more?