Amidst the Crash of Worlds

She knew she was going to be ridiculed for asking. She regretted the words as soon as they were out of her mouth. His barked laughter grated on ears, and she folded them to her skull. Anger smarting in her eyes. He laughed again, driving home his point and ridicule.

Stupid. The words smacked into her like a blow. She got briskly to her feet again, her feelings of frustration and helplessness rising in her throat. She was a fool. Why didn’t she ask the pack wolves? She had barely associated with them since joining Fireside. There was one wolf she would have asked. One. But he had left her, and the abandonment stung. Perhaps if she hadn’t been such a cowering fool, he wouldn’t have walked away so easily.

“Forget it. Just… forget it.” She growled. Pushing down on the balls of her feet as she turned, and began to walk away. Her ears were pricked for any sign that he wasn’t going to let her leave.

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