Feast for Four

The easy love Azure showed for Asla burned him, it hurt as easily as any physical slap. Mortis garnered barely a look, as through Azure could not bear to look at him, and Asla got love and appreciation. That difference between them, that wrongness, was too sharp, and in that moment Mortis could not stand quietly in its shadow. He shot his sister an apologetic, pleading expression, begging her to understand, and not be mad at him, before he turned in his silence, and walked away. A happy gathering of the Fatlis litter consisted of three puppies. Mortis would not ruin this moment for them.

As quietly as he arrived, the misfit pup would leave again, letting the others rejoiced in Aslas achievement. He would find her later and congratulate her himself. He might struggle with hunting himself, but he was proud that she had brought down the pig.

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