be the lightning in me
05-28-2021, 04:32 PM
Emersyn was more annoyed than perplexed by Indigo’s gasping words that he couldn’t stand by and let her get killed. She could worry about his stupidity later, after he wasn’t bleeding to death all over her paws. Thankfully, he did say something actionable. Horsetail and goldenseal. She knew horsetail well, a number of the reeds were growing along the shore, but what the hell was goldenseal? Suddenly this task seemed even more insurmountable than it already had been.
Fortunately, by the grace of some merciful god, another woman appeared, much smaller than either of them, and all but pushed her aside while she barked an order to her. Em stared in shocked stupor as the small woman began to tend to Indigo’s wounds as if she had been sent to complete that task personally. She addressed him by name, and although Em had no idea who this mysterious doctor was, it was evident they knew each other, so it was enough for her to let her guard down for now.
Find Indigo’s pack. Emersyn sat up, peering around the banks of the river that had been a battlefield moments before until she spotted Indigo’s bundle of supplies just off to the side. He must have dropped them sometime during the fight. Clenching her jaws to fight against the protests of her body, Em managed to force herself to her paws, keeping all weight off the bloody right foot and hobbling over to snatch it up. It reeked of plants and herbs, medicines she didn’t recognize, but she didn’t care. She limped back over to the tiny doctor, setting the pack down beside her and Indigo, keeping close in case she was given another direction but saying nothing, just watching the fae work with worried eyes.
Running away no longer dwelled in Em’s mind. In her eyes, this was all her fault. She had led the bounty hunters here, had failed to send Indigo away or help him in the fight. He had been wounded because of her. She had to make this right. After he was stable, then she could keep running—running and running until she perished in some faraway land. But for now she owed him for saving her life, and she would guard him until he had recovered.
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