stay out of my bay

Theo listened intently. Her cousin's words were important to her, as was the oral tradition of their pack. She wanted stories to pass down to the little ones, even if they weren't happy ones. There was so much to learn from their shared history. Abaven had a history of overcoming and prospering - that much she knew. Their dedicated spirits kept things bright even when everything else seemed bleak. And... well, what Corvus shared with her was exceptionally bleak. A hard, dry knot formed in her throat as Corvus mentioned the Abraxas. That was Thalia's family. They had occupied Abaven? "What...?" Theo muttered, her eyes narrowing slightly. "I don't understand. Were we treated as slaves? Why did they move against us?" She wanted to make sure she understood the intricacies of the situation before she allowed her emotions to move her.

Shaye had always told her that the Abraxas were god-touched and dangerous. Meeting Thalia led her to believe that it was more of an innocent, almost adorable god complex, but what Corvus was describing was infinitely more sinister. Insidious, even. Theory tried to swallow past the dryness in her throat and found herself unable to. She averted her gaze, then leaned down and took a bite of fish. It went down like a stone, the scales scraping down her throat the whole way down. There had to be more to it than just the facts. Right?