Stone Circle Your Mother Should Know

Her own howl rang hollow in her ears and felt that she was committing a terrible deed to herself by summoning one of the wolves that betrayed her. Vespera desperately wanted to leave and just leave the prey pile where it was and flee from the scene, but her heart was urging her to stay. The young girl felt frozen in her spot, her paws rooted into the ground. She was the one who ultimately made the decision to come back, but why? Perhaps it was because she was craving something more than vengeance, but she put that thought in the back of her mind and ignored it. The dark female kept her gaze glued to the ground, she didn't want to see Valette, she didn't want to see her judgemental gaze. But her ears snapped up when she heard the sound of approaching paws, her heart stopped for only a second, she didn't dare use her nose to try and recognize the incoming scent. The paws were fast approaching, but she didn't dare look, she really hoped it was someone else but she wasn't so lucky. 

The Matriarch had arrived.

Vespera felt her heart skip a beat, the Matriarch of Easthollow called out her name and asked where she was and if she was well which did surprise her. The young female reluctantly moved her only visible eye to Valette, and when looking upon the woman, her heart sank and a look of slight guilt appeared on her face. Valette looked as if she hadn't eaten in weeks, her matted winter fur only made her feel worse. But she averted her eyes from her, she looked down at her paws as her ears slightly moving back in shame, her pent up anger seemed to simmer temporarily. She opened her jaws to speak but nothing came out, what could she say? She thoughtfully blinked, she took a deep breath and sighed, "I'm fine, looks like you have seen better days," she chuckled but she quickly turned her face serious. The female didn't say where she had been, she wanted to avoid that question as much as she could so she averted her eyes to noticing Valette drooling at her prey pile.

Without hesitation, the female rose to her paws and turned her body towards the prey pile, her scar on her right eye was now visible. She stood behind the prey pile and dipped her crown and used her muzzle to shove it forward with bits of prey falling as it moved. "Here," she prompted as she lifted her muzzle to meet Valette's hazel gaze, forgetting that she was revealing her scar. "You guys need this more than I do," she stated simply, she truly felt bad for leaving them like this, but the twisted hatred she was feeling for the two leaders of Easthollow caused her to lose a bit of empathy.