I Will do Anything for You, Even if I Lose the Stars

He knew her anger, just a little bit. She had never been this mad at him, never swore, never spat, but he had always known the little burning flame she held inside of her. Like a star, she needed to burn and shine sometimes. Even if it was against him. He'd sigh softly and lift his leg off of her when she jerked up, laying it and his head against the sand again.

He felt his own anger rise up in his chest as she spoke. He was silent, allowing it to wash over her, but when she began pushing at him, telling him to leave, and...oh.

He would suddenly jerk up, onto his paws and spinning on her. The fire in his eyes could only be rivaled by the anger Serefina often yielded. His lips were curled and his ears were back. He was hurt, and he was angry. "Don't you ever compare me to our parents!!" He hissed through clenched jaws. "I didn't throw her out, Astrea! I have been searching since the moment she was washed away, endlessly, for days upon days untill my paws bled. I have searched with no sign, no hair, no scent. Glacier, Gale and Locha have searched as well. She's gone!" His voice broke at the end, his face tightening up as it became hard to breathe. He just stared at her, a fire in his eyes and tears streaming down his cheeks. "You can't begin to understand what I am feeling. Who was it that saw our parents dead, decaying in the earth? Me. Who watched their flesh, their blood, their little baby girl get washed away, far beyond I can ever reach, somewhere I can't protect her. Me!" He cried, he screamed. His throat was raw, his heart was raw, his soul was bleeding before her. "Don't you dare tell me to live, when a large part of me died in that ocean. You don't know, you can't begin to understand."


He stared at her hard, not once looking away before.. "Just..." He sighed softly then, dropping his head as if all life fell out of him. "Just leave me alone, Astrea..." He whispered in his broken voice, turning away from her to move back to his den.

"Burn Baby Burn"