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But Garron wasn't sure what he was feeling. "Piper, why didn't you come see me?" He couldn't tell if he was happy to see her, or hurt that, at least in the way he'd perceived things, blown him off.
Piper didn't know what to tell him. Still as kind as ever, she couldn't blame her brother solely for keeping them apart. He had just been trying to help her be a better wolf. If she nascent failed perhapse she could have meet Barron and everything would have been back the way it was. "I tried Garron ...I really did. I know it sounds like a lame accuse but...but I just couldn't ...come. I have been so buisy with training and hunting that I haven't been able to slip away...Scar always watches me...I tried so hard to be a better wolf..." the tears flowed freely now...her heart opening up to him. "But I just CAN'T.! Ill never be nore than the useless omega. I failed you...and I failed scar....and I failed my pack." Piper hung her head in shame. Waiting for the dismissive words that would send her away. Garron would never want to see her again. She didn't deserve him...
As Piper spoke, Garron felt guilt seeping into his heart. It wasn't her fault she hadn't been able to get away... "I'm sorry, Piper... But you didn't fail me. Because you can't." He rushed over to her and nudged her head back up with his muzzle. "Come with me, Piper." He tried to mask the desperation in his voice, but the attempt was futile. "We'll go to Stonepack or something, and we won't have to worry about Scar... or being apart."
Piper looked into his eyes as he spoke those words. Oh! There were no words to express how they made here feel. At least none that could fully comprehend the relief and love and joy all pressed togeather into one.
But at Scars name a steely uneasiness gripped her soul. "He's..he is my brother....I....I...cant just leave him."
Her sunken, dulled, eyes stared at him widely. Her bone thin form shaking.
The fleeting joy and hope in Garron's eyes drained away, just like the color. How could he tell her that it was either him or Scar? He knew perfectly well who she'd choose; Garron was hurt by that, but he knew that that was the way things should be.. As much as he wanted to deny this fact, it was as clear as daylight that they walked two separate paths. All Garron said before he began to pad away was, "I'm sorry, Piper. Just... just know that I loved you."
"No! WAIT!" She was sbhocked that she had yelled. Her voice was deasperate. "No matter how hard he tries, Scar has never shown me the love you have. I...I...want to go with you..." inside she cringed. She would always be looking over her shoulder....always fighting the guilt if leaving her only family. But Garron...he deserved better than her empty words.
"Ill go with you." She whispered.
Unbeknownst to either Garron or Piper, Scar lay in the shadows...his scarred face going from calm to angry to full of hats as the conversation continued. He had to bit his own paw when Piper said that Garrons love made her feel safer. But he reamined silent. Piper was just delirious...he reasoned with himself. It was just that Garron! He refrained from growling and bursting out and snapping his neck....piper would never forgive him. But a thought slowly took shape in his cunning, revengeful mind....
He waited....
He watched....
Garron froze, and it took him a few seconds to turn around and face her. "Really?" he breathed.