Garron stalked into the mouth of his den with a fish clenched in his jaws. "Are you hungry?" he asked Piper through the fish.
(okay....since the last few posts were blunt I'll clarify what is happening.))
It was the next day. The sun had set as Garron had taken Piper to his den in the loner lands where she had woken before the sunrise. As it's pink and orange hues melted from the darkness and into a faint, light blue, she sat alone, coming to grips with what had happened as Garron went out to hunt.
Oh, Garron.
She had though he had died at her paws...his mother still thought so...but he was here! Neither of them were well off...the strain of last night and the stress from the last weeks catching up with them, as well as the injuries both had sustained. But through the wee, dark hours before the sun, they had sat close together, consoling each other with loving words, awaiting the light of a new era to dawn. Who but the rocks and trees knew of the sacred promise they made that night? The would never leave each other again. Through good or ill...till death do them part.
Piper sighed and smiled, her life, her heart, her soul was finally whole. Bound to Garron forever. Nothing stood in their way now. They could live at peace...
But something still managed to dull her smile.
Scar had fallen to his death, and with him, the rest of her family.
Garron is my family now...she berated herself. But though she knew that, she couldn't get over the fact that she had attacked her own brother...no matter what he had done...it just didn't feel right. But that wasn't what was
really bothering her.
Garron walked into the mouth of the den, a freshly caught fish in his maw. "Are you hungry?" he asked Piper through the fish.
She smiled up at him, she still didn't have the strength to rise. "Yes, thank you." she motioned with her tail, beckoning him to sit next to her and share their meal, remembering with a smile the first time they had met. As she ate, she reached over and nuzzled him, just to make sure she wasn't dreaming. She wanted to laugh for joy, but something was still holding her back.