something i must live with

Chimera walked away with his new slave and Siren was left alone with Dalila, her very own servant, for the first time. Siren didn’t react outwardly, she was too ashamed of the emotions within. Mostly guilt when she should have felt relief that Dalila’s burden was lifted. The tiny girl lifted herself from the sand, still sore on her paws but better thanks to her brother’s efforts. Without really focusing her eyes Siren closed the distance between herself and Dalila, finding herself once again burning her face into the woman’s dappled fur. She soaked in her warmth and breathed in her sweet scent as she tried to keep her varied breathing under control. She wanted to sob, but remained stoic save a few sniffles. She shifted only slightly and wrapped her tiny paws around Dalila’s arm and clung to her desperately. Her tiny body shook lightly as she held in her emotion.

Siren remained there for a long moment before the strength seemed to leave her limbs and her body pooled in the sand at Dalila’s feet. Her sobs seemed through her closed eyes and her shoulders shook lightly. She tried to hold them back but the dam burst and the emotions escaped as crystalline tears despite their reason to feel the opposite. What had she done? ”Dalila,” she cried softly, wanting and needing the woman to prop her up, to remind her that everything was worth it. That Dalila was worth the sacrifice.

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