for Ara, but maybe lolaf join in?
Five years had really passed since the old she wolf had stepped paw on these hallowed grounds. Ber bright blue eyes wouldn't miss any details as she walked through what had once been home. She had been born here, had her children and fallen in love here. But she had turned her back on all of it for... what? To be with her mommy? Song had passed only two years ago but stil Novel had lingered in Ahlon. Why? The guilt had eaten at her day after day, even before her mother slipped into the void. Still she hadn't brought herself back to the only wolf she had ever loved.
She had been courted while away, but none of them could capture her heart like Ara did. Her other half, left to wonder what might have happened to Novel all those years ago. She tried to shake her head of the thoughts, but her feet knew the way home. She knew if she could find Ara she had to appologize, but how could she even face her now? She had abandoned her mate, Ara had no reason to forgive her. Novel debated about turning around, but her bones were old and this was the last long journey she would take. If she didn't see Ara again she would take the guilt to her grave. She wasn't sure what would be the better outcome.
Her silvery paws navigated the mangrove roots like she had never left, but the changes in the land paled in comparison to the she wolf. Her fur was streaked with silvery hairs, especially around her eyes and nose. They stood out from the creamy white of her younger days. Her eyes were just as bright, but much more tired than they had once been. She didn't carry herself with as much timidity, but her gate was slower and her tail didn't sit as high. Her back was beginning to slope, and her black fur was now salt and pepper.
Elohim was almost worse for wear, his once brilliant golden hair was also streaked with white, age had begun to show on the tamarin, but not to th eextent of Novel. She still carried her medicine bag at her side, filled with herbs and medicines from her family's homeland.
Novel let out a heavy sigh as she found a clearing in the forest by the water. The sun had begun its decent into th ehorizon and would conclude her first day back to the land she had been born into. The relief she had expected was not there, and she just felt sore and tired from her long journey. The guilt of leaving Ara still gnawed at her eyes now, she ground her teeth in frustration. She needed to appologize, even if they would no longer have the relationship they had once shared.
Speech,
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