Weariness filled Astrea as she moved back home. She had not been home in a few weeks and frankly she was ready for a bit of sleep.She yawned moving up the cliff path. She was not done looking for little Illume not in the least but frankly she was no good to her niece dead on her feet. She needed a night of rest and then she would go back out and start looking again. She had been hoping to see Volt back on his feet and again taking up the rule that he needed to be in just as much as the family needed him in.
She sighed, she knew she was harsh on her brother but he was wasting away, a part of his soul drowning and it seemed that a soft hand would not pull him out of his rut... But when she left her brother after her speech he had not moved, only gave her a blank sad look. Pain had falaried in her, knowing that she could do nothing more for the brother that she loved with all her heart, she had done everything that she could now it was up to him to move forward.
She had left that night, and had not returned, knowing that she would not be able to help her family with the pack, and the only one that needed her help was little Illume, Astrea could feel her light in the air, knew in her hearts of hearts that the pup was still out there! But Volt had in essence given up on her, had started to fade with that thought of his lost child. He had started to let his family down... Had started to let his other child down. Little current had needed her father so Astrea had taken the hit for her and the family. She knew that she said harsh things, knew that her brother would not react well to being compared to their parents, so Astrea had taken that chance and that hit for her family, for the remaining niece...
Even if Voltage now hated her she knew she made the right call, the family needed him more than she needed him, Current needed him more than Astrea needed his love and acceptance... But even thought she all but knew he more than likely hated her she wanted to see him, she wanted to know that her sacrifice had indeed payed off, that she had not given up the only brother who had seen her light even when it was shrouded in shadows...
Voltage was everything to Astrea and if he was to die her soul would die with him, she would slowly waste away like he had started to, drown by the tides of loss.
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