Shook hands with the devil
09-05-2020, 02:48 PM
She nearly missed Resin's departure as she spoke with Rhona, but once Rhona began to speak to start the explanation of who it was that had just been murdered, she glanced up and saw Resin walking away. She had to fight her instinct to follow after her. She would, but things had to be settled here first and she knew that. Tamsyn realized that Rhona had stopped speaking and her attention snapped back to her and Sirius. "A full report... right," she said as she refocused her attention and gave a small sigh. She didn't like having to have her attention torn like this, but considering everything her brother had probably put this woman through she owed it to Rhona to at least speak on her behalf and explain what happened. Osmond was also my brother," she added to further clarify how he was tied to them both. Sirius at least knew a bit about her past so hopefully that information shed a good bit of light on its own. "I was out at the Redbud Nook when Osmond found me. Rhona was with him. He was immediately violent after I questioned him about his former mate and he attacked me. I defended myself and wounded him, but I wasn't sure that I would be able to over power him on my own. I told Rhona to follow me and ran back here to get help. Resin stepped in and, well..." Tamsyn motioned to the mess that was just off to the side of where they were sitting as if that was all the explanation she needed to give for what happened next. She had to admit that going through the events and giving a repot like this in a detached, General-like way did help her calm down a bit more and recenter herself. It felt like she was just doing a job rather than working through a traumatic event. That processing would have to come later. For now she had to focus on this task and finish things here with Sirius and Rhona. As she spoke she stole subtle glances at Rhona, searching for any scars or noticeable marks on her that Osmond might have left. In passing glances she wouldn't have noticed them, but as she looked closer she could see the subtle gaps in the shorter fur across her muzzle and legs. He'd learned his lesson from how he and his father had punished her then... these scars were much less noticeable. She had to assume that there were probably more where these came from, but probably hidden by thicker fur. She saw a lot of herself in Rhona and it brought back quite a few memories that she really wished she never had to remember. "Rhona, do you mind if I talk with Sirius for a moment? Why don't you go in our den and rest for a bit - it's right over there." She waited for Rhona to nod and slip away into the den she shared with Resin and Meadow before she turned her attention back toward Sirius. Now that it was just the two of them she let her shoulders pull in on themselves a bit with the weight of everything that had just happened. Another sigh passed her lips and she gave Sirius a troubled look. "I was... really, really scared when he found me," she admitted in a soft voice, her ears folding back. She had tried to maintain some sibilance of strength around Rhona so the other woman wouldn't be as worried, but it was incredibly difficult to keep that up around Sirius. "Besides my father, Osmond was one of the main wolves that tortured and punished me. I don't know what all he's done to her... His first mate was Rhona's older sister. I grew up with her sister and I knew that she and Osmond had been mates. To see him with Rhona instead... I definitely didn't have a good feeling about it." She looked to Sirius with a more serious look, adding, "She needs help. She may not realize it yet, but she will. She won't know how to fight and probably won't really know how to hunt." Tamsyn's expression grew more pleading as she went on. "Please, Sirius, will you help her the same way you helped me?" |