I am lost

Twig felt like a huge weight had been lifted off her shoulders as she held tightly to the young man. He was nearing adulthood at an alarming pace and she felt like she’d failed him for so long. Should she have looked harder for him? IF he was here, how far had he been since the eruption? Maybe he hadn’t wanted to be found until now. Like Tempo running off and barely returning to them. Beat had been with her for a while now, he looked healthy again and he was really starting to blossom. She hoped that Lyric would follow his sweet brother’s lead.

She could hear the sorrow in his voice but Lyric was holding himself together well. After everything he’d been through she knew how hard it was to face the demons and move forward. ”You’ll never stop missing them,” she warned him. There was a smile on her features as she pulled away from him to look into his mother’s bright blue eyes. ”But we have so many good memories to make together, it’ll get easier as time goes on.” She stood up on her hind legs to give him a kiss on his forehead.

”Beat has missed you.” She told him as she stood back, smiling brightly at him. ”Uncle Rhyme just had another litter of puppies, they’ll be roaming around soon and will be fun to play with. Everything is slowly getting back to normal, but don’t take me word for it.” The woman wagged her caramel touched tail, ”Lets get you home.”