Abandonment and Betrayal

The scent of blood caught his attention. He angled his patrol to move through the plains, and found his daughter. She was hitting the frozen ice with her paw, blood of the pig soaking her coat, and storms in her eyes.

Wordlessly, the Warlord walked up to his star-touched daughter and kissed her dirty brow. He stood over her for a moment, and then let out a soft sigh. Digging into the snow near the water, he found the dried weeds he knew would be around, and dipped it into the hole she had created on the surface of the water. Using that, he began to slowly and methodically clean her coat. He knew his daughter would speak to him when and if she was good and ready to.

"Earth" & "Stars"