Ankyra Sound second chances

Yami was quiet on their trip from the Bluffs to Rusalka. Her companion - Scarface, as she was calling him in her head since he hadn't shared his name yet - didn't seem like the chatty type, and she certainly wasn't going to engage him and risk annoying him into running her off. To that end, she did her best to be the perfect travel companion for him - silent, competent, and not at all burdensome to him.

Cool and confident as she seemed (hopefully), her stomach had been twisting in knots the entire way. The Ostrega remained distinctly aware of the part of her that wanted her to flee from the danger Scarface had insisted she'd be in amongst the ranks of this pack, but if anything that just made her feel all the more stubbornly determined that this was where she simply had to be. Tru's face kept swimming into her mind, unwelcome. Smugly, she considered what he would say once he discovered she'd been accepted by the most dangerous pack in the Wilds. He'd probably realize then what a terrible mistake he'd made in letting her go.

When the pair arrived at the borders, Yami's first thought was of how badly she wanted to throw up. She swallowed the feeling down and took a few deep breaths to calm herself. She looked over at Scarface curiously as he began to wander almost aimlessly, wondering if she ought to follow him or if she should call for leadership. She considered the latter for a moment longer, but the idea of calling herself scared her silly. So, she stayed silent, and began to follow him, lagging a good few feet behind as she had the entire journey because she simply didn't know what else to do.

When the wraithlike leader appeared, Yami froze. Her heart leapt straight up into her throat and lodged itself there, ignoring her every attempt to swallow it back down into place. The woman didn't speak, which once again made the young filly feel as though she ought to fill the silence. But when it came to it, she was too nervous to make a peep, so she hung back submissively in Scarface's shadow and looked to him to make introductions. Or to do something.