Do you got a first-aid kit handy?
12-02-2015, 01:30 PM
Leo leaned into her touch as she nuzzled his cheek, slowly settling himself on his stomach beside her in their den. Her presence alone was enough to help tug at those strings that had him wound up so tight. He pressed his side to hers and breathed in her scent while he swallowed down his tears. He tucked his head under hers as she spoke, her soft words tugging at his heart even more than her whine had. He leaned his head into her chest and rested his head across her forelegs. For a moment he felt so powerless. He had always been so confident, especially so after he became alpha. There were only very brief moments when that confidence in himself and his abilities had been shaken since then, but he had always felt that in the end he could handle this power and this responsibility. Something about all of this had broken a little piece of him and right now all he wanted to do was cuddle up to Svetlana's side and just feel tiny for a moment. Like he was nothing more than an insignificant wolf with no power or titles to his name. "Arian... at the death match, she said that no one should care how she died or that she would die at all. She said no one should care." His jaw tensed and he shut his eyes to hold back the tears that threatened to fall. His voice was thick and heavy with emotion. "I tried so hard to make sure I watched out for her. I never wanted her to feel like she was any less of a sibling to me than any of my siblings are. I never wanted her to not feel like she was family. I didn't care if she was adopted, she was my sister. I thought she knew that. I thought she knew I cared." A short, pained whine escaped him and his mismatched ears folded back against his skull. "I can't cry," he added after a beat of silence, swallowing hard and blinking open his eyes again. He left his head against her chest, taking a little comfort in listening to her heartbeat. "I have to keep it together for Amalia and mom. Amalia already has so much on her plate with Athena having her pups soon and mom's been through so much in her life already, I just... and Arian's children..." He closed his eyes again then, giving a small shake of his head. "I hate that they came to the death match. Riv and Holly... And Cypress, her mate, how is he going to handle this? I couldn't imagine..." |
