Blacktail Deer Plateau of star & sea

just chucking in a response. feel free to skip over me unless Raleska is directly acknowledged. <3

All her life, Raleska had lived under the unlifting thumb of violence. When Raleska and Rosalyn had turned Caiaphas away, she had hoped for a bright future for Rusalka. The witch, the chaos-mage, the most disruptive force in their lives — she had been ousted from Rusalka, and yet, calamity thrived. 

It was then Raleska realized that her mother was not the sole source of discord in their lives. That violence and chaos lived on in all of their hearts — every last one of them. 

In silence Raleska swept her gaze across the gathering. Like Nieve she felt sorry for the sisters — and like Aningan, her heart was divided between what was just and true, and what was family. Her hackles raised as the voices continued to climb higher, as tensions ran tighter — in the end she stood next to Aningan in agreement, each of the congregation given the hard bite of her miserable and exhausted stare.