Bearclaw Valley and the world was consumed

this is just a one post cameo :)

Ever since their run-in and then since she had returned with that weird thing round her neck Laurel had managed to stay fairly clear of the dumb girl. She'd caught her scent trail here and there but Laurel had decided to simply steer clear of her for now. Every time she and Indra were together she wouldn't find her and every time she found her scent, she was alone and didn't want to stir up shit alone. She just wanted the girl gone, but a master plan to achieve this was yet to form, if it ever would. Some days Laurel considered just grabbing Indra and leaving, but there was a strange attachment to Xan following the days of their pairing an though she hadn't seen him yet since she could not deny that the only thing that was keeping her and her sister here, beside the scorn of winter, was often him.

As she was out for a walk that day and lost in thoughts Laurel hadn't noticed that she was treading so close to the girl she knew Xan favoured, even despite her attitude. As she neared a stream the scent suddenly hit her and Laurel stood still, hackles pricked defensively, as she looked up at the subject of her insecurities and ire which stood on the other side of the water. Blondine was there too, on the other side, at a distance away. Laurel's eyes roved from the dumb girl's face to the weird thing round her neck and then to her stomach at last... Which looked bigger than when she had last seen her. Something was different. She smelled different. She looked different.

Laurel stood frozen in time for just a few seconds, though to her it felt much longer. Then she let out a frustrated huff and turned around, away from them, started to run away. She gritted her teeth and ran until she had no more air in her lungs and her paws refused to carry her any further. Angry and sad, she knew that it was no longer a battle she could win now. It would be just like Reek and Jhala and their idiot children. It would be the same all over again. Once she had gathered some of her breath again Laurel turned round and started to run to where she and Indra usually slept, hoping to find her sister there because she needed her Indra right now.