You'll be so happy just as long as you survive the night
Aria woke up that morning still a bit out of it from the herbs the “healer” had given her the night prior. She felt dizzy, and going right back to sleep was very tempting. Her head was pounding too… vision a bit blurry as she forced herself to rise to her paws. He didn’t seem to be anywhere within sight… thank goodness.
She had split with her half brother’s sibling the season prior as the slaver made his way back to capture her. But she had not only gotten lost but had even managed to twist an ankle in the process. Thus she met this quack who claimed he was ‘helping’ her when in reality he was giving her drugs to keep her docile and test shit on her.
No longer…
This was the best Aria had felt in some time after waking up under the effects of his herbs and now seemed like as good a time as any to make an escape. So she set off in a random direction, praying her path didn’t cross with the man again while she was feeling like this.
---A Couple Days Later---
Aria breathed more easily now, stopping only when absolutely needed. She skirted around pack territories too, in too much distress to realize she had wandered right past Chaos’ pack… and the one where her sister had been held as a slave once more.
Aria kept going, no idea where she was. She was wary of most of those she met too… she didn’t want to hint at where she was going. She just had to wander this land in hopes of discovering her brother’s or mother’s scents so she could find them again.
After a much needed hunt in yet another unfamiliar land Aria settled down with her hare and began to eat. She was malnourished thanks to her time with the quack and the slavers… but Aria refused to let that break her. She wouldn’t die because of this… not after working so hard to get her freedom!
Golden eyes scanned the night covered territory around the tree she lay under, wariness written on her features. If worse came to worse she could stand and fight… make a last stand… But she be damned if she became a slave again. |