Starglow Basin You believe me like a god

For @Soto!

She has done as Soto has asked, and now she seeks to report the news to him. However, things have not gone exactly as she expected.

The dove had waited up for Castel, planned for him and put her ducks in a row. It had been lovely; an experience of pure bliss that she revelled in even now. But Beau? Leto had never considered him, not until he pounced.

Never before had she seen the prairie snake so angry. It filled her with fear, though she knew well that it was not directed towards her; Castel was the target of his anger, and she had been used as a tool to convey it - to threaten her water serpent.

She is unsure of which she should ask to take responsibility, but she knows well which of the men she wants raising her children. Castel had been kind to her, all Beau had done was take his leftovers.

Leto knows that Beau must leave to avoid conflict; until her children are born, at least. She has something in mind, and now she will beg for her request to be obliged.

leto comes like a dog hung by her tail. something as heavy as a cinderblock on her mind. it's in the fixedness of her usually easy expression.

soto rises from the small channel he's dug, placing another stone along the makeshift wall he and fiamma have built day by day.

the cant of his muzzle says it all: what is it?

Tag for ref

She spots him, her approaching with the same wary posture of one who is reporting the death of a loved one. Me he acostado con Castel. She speaks, lifting her head before her eyes. Pero Beau también se salió con la suya y se abalanzó sobre mí. The events were still confusing for her. The scent of her heat lingered even now, though fading as days passed.

Vendrán hijos, pero no conoceré al padre. She feels ashamed; not for her promiscuity, but rather that her children will be deprived of something so basic. What can be done, though? When their coats come in it may be clear, but is it worth the confusion?

Whether either men want a part at all, she does not know. In the end, each pup will be an 'Amaranthus', carrying her surname and legacy. They are hers; Beau nor Castel will earn that privilege by laying with her alone.

Quiero a mi padre aquí. Though she means @Pepper, he is the closest thing she has to a father now. Vive en una manada en la costa, viajé allí una vez. Only once, when she took green to Pepper with the hope of curing his pain. Dile a Beau que vaya a buscarlo. Por favor. It is a quiet plea.

She needs someone who she knows will support her without additional motives, for Beau to be away so he cannot fight with Castel.

she comes to him as if death rides her coat-tails; soto expects unpleasantry, but this?

his eyes widen in hateful bile. beau?

though violence was most certainly their creed, striking your own invites great consequence. soto's face shifts to something ugly; a shadow passing fleet over an otherwise unremarkable expression.

her father was somewhere on the coast, leto shared. send beau, she urges - the twist in her voice compelling some ugly emotion in soto.

se hará. soto answers, hardly able to control the mounting wrath in his voice.

a glance over her silken fur to ensure she was not battered in more ways than psychological. dile a fiamma. comes his order before he stalks off to find beau.