Ocean's Breath Plateau taimma ➻

so much she wished to say in the flowing clipped syllables of her tongue. but revui did not understand. her own husband did not. kukutux kept it all within the shell of her heart, molding it into a desperate pearlescent thing she hoped one day would dissolve into her own children and become part of their heart.

lonely; and now she was trembling, from the vivid bite of the moment as much as from the cold snort of ice from the nostrils of some winter spirit, howling from beyond the warmer sea with a voice of dark ice. his apology was welcome, but it was not an explanation; it did nothing to quell the yearning search beneath her breast.

revuii had been angry. there was no more to what had transpired, and kukutux sensed she must be content. this was the lot of women. an accepting nod of her slim muzzle; her verdant gaze trembled away from his own. despite the fact that he was not moonspear, despite the ache of his words inside her soul, despite his word of apology, he was man. but kukutux winced at the wither of hope that revui had meant something beneath the shadowed words cut her way.

she felt suddenly very small as kanik rimed the darkening world around her, chilling her shivering flesh until it seemed cold as her soul in this moment.