pre-dawning of a new era [ASHEN]

Honestly Mojito didn't love this. He didn't say that though, not when he could see the stress his mother was already under. If truth be told some part of Mojito had decided to give up on Ashen months ago. The empress' children had never exactly been kind to him or his siblings and he'd found himself feeling more and more at home with the armada's wolves more than his own family. It was his parents and siblings that had kept him tethered here... and now... well he was a year old, old enough to strike out on his own if he wanted... but he was still loath to leave his family behind. But maybe, just maybe this would be the change he needed?

Those hopes only strengthened as he trotted after his mother and brother, noting how they settled away from the main group, a bold statement without needing to say anything. Mojito settled himself with his family, saying nothing and knowing better by now than to raise any objections. Instead he'd listen and watch closely, wondering idly if this would the last push he needed to finally pursue the small dream he'd been thinking up since that day with Asla on the beach.


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