carve your name [challenge]

"Listen to me talk," 'but read my thoughts.'
When the challenge rang out it was as if her whole world had come to a standstill. Svetlana had been with her little ones, her precious pups, and all at once it felt as if someone had dropped a weight on her heart. She was frozen. She was afraid. Her strength, her sure mindset, had all been shattered by that single call. Unlike some of Fiori, who knew the challenger prior, she did not know him. Didn’t know what to think other than; what will happen? It wasn’t so much that she didn’t have faith in Leo, but she knew well enough her husband wouldn’t walk away from the challenge unscathed.

Svetlana would leave the children in Korrin’s care. The fox put up no argument, urging Svet to go and support her husband. She wasn’t sure where Leo was exactly. He had left the den early that morning to likely go about his normal routine. She felt sick, a knot twisting in her stomach as she approached the battlefield. She just... She couldn’t believe that this was happening. No matter how she tried to look at it her mind wouldn’t let it connect. It all felt so surreal. The thought that, potentially, life as they knew it was at risk was a very, very scary thing.

She would arrive upon the battlefield, gaze sweeping it first for her husband. Leo had yet to show, and worry gnawed at her gut all the more. Was he alright? He had to show up before this challenger, right? Then her gaze would fall on Amalia, picking up just the end bit of what she was saying. So she knew the challenger... And judging by her expression this challenge came as a shock to her as well. She looked so pained...

Without further hesitation Svetlana would go to Amalia’s side. She would gently press against the other woman, offering her support as her blue gaze sought the gaze of her husband’s challenger. There was no glimpse of hate in her gaze, nor accusation. Svetlana would take a slow breath, uttering a single word to the man as she tried to keep her composure. “Why?”