these are the lonely days
Her second round of babies were finally birthed, her husband was continuing his reign over Abaven. Lark was even getting Azat training from Bass...it all felt so unreal to her. It feels like only yesterday she was falling in love with Bass, and finding him in the very beginning...when he was claiming lands for Abaven. Meeting his siblings, the flood...everything seems like a dream to her. Now she was nearly five years old, growing more distant from her children because they were already so big and reliable. Even Bass seemed to grow more distant. She didn't know why...he was her best friend. But...times were changing. In a few years, Lark would be named the new Azat, and she would be an old bag of bones waiting for her "hour of darkness" to come. At least she would get to watch her family have children of their own...and she would have Bass by her side. Yeah. That's all she needed to get by. Wren sighed gently and made her way down the path, dust and fallen leaves kicking up at her heels. She felt a new sense of comfort down this path- now that Bass had claimed it. She's only been here once or twice to hunt, for many of the plump rabbits liked to hide in the ragged bushes. But now she considered it home. And an area plentiful of food. Dangling from her jaws was a massive hare, its mouth wide open and dripping with blood. Just the smell made her want to swallow it whole like a cobra, but she wanted to enjoy it. Not scoff it down like a bear. It's one of the biggest catches she's made individually...why not savor the taste? Wren stopped when she approached a larger boulder in the sunlight, and she climbed up, feeling the heat from the stone travel up her legs. She sighed. On a cold day like this, heat felt extraordinary. The woman lowered to her stomach and grasped the bleeding hare by the ears, nibbling them casually, preparing herself for a meal like no other. It might've looked a bit weird- chewing on the ears. But they tasted nice to her. Maybe someday she'd let Finch try it out... "Burn Baby Burn" |