Everything Ends

How many regimes had she seen fall? How many packs had she been a part of? Birna closed her eyes and sighed, she had never expected Imperium to be the next to fall but it seemed fate had another plan. Valentine and many others had fallen ill and despite the healers best efforts the Rex had lost his mind and gone skipping off into the sunset. No one could find him. After Valentine left the pack had fallen to pieces and more and more members were going their separate ways. It was over.

Birna gazed at the sunrise but all she could feel was defeated. Was it even worth joining another pack? Was this a sign that maybe she should go and try to find her brother? But where would she even look? Birna knew it was foolish to think they’d run into each other again. The last goodbye’s they’d said had been final and she’d taken the parting into her heart and accepted it but as the warrior woman sat on the knoll gazing out at the sky she couldn’t help but realize how painfully lonely she was. Birna had always seen herself as a lone warrior, a survivor, someone who wasn’t diminished by solitude. Now that felt like a lie… but she’d endure. She always did.

Getting to her feet Birna turned to start making her way north when she heard the despondent call of Cascade. She flinched. She couldn’t imagine what the other woman was going through. Unlike her Birna had no strong ties or family in the pack. Though she did have a fondness for the children of Imperium… she couldn’t deny that she would miss them terribly but she wouldn’t linger here. The story was closing on this chapter, it was time to begin another. Birna found herself moving toward Cascades call, uncertain what she was doing or what she would even say.

“Cascade?” Her voice was soft as she approached the other woman, pity in her eyes despite her efforts to remain impassive.