Headed for a New Land

She carefully gathered up the marigold flowers and packed them away, one more down. She was starting to feel accomplished. When she came out the girl was certain she wouldn’t be bringing anything back for Gwynevere. With Roman’s help she was already very nearly finished out here. After she carefully stored her calendula away her garnet gaze was returned to Roman’s kind features. He shrugged as she asked about what he was going to do now that he was here and she supposed she couldn’t say what she wanted for her future either. For a long time she didn’t have a future, she very nearly died in her first year. Even after all of that she was still uncertain of what the future held for her. She wanted to follow Ezra’s lead, she’s seen her brother against those saber cats he was incredible. Lilith wouldn’t soon forget the little tussle she had been in with Artorias, and despite how supportive he had been she still felt the effects of her illness. Again and again she was reminded how far behind she was, how underdeveloped she really was compared to her siblings.

Lilith tried to ignore the thought, she was always wallowing in her own self pity. She couldn’t physically exert herself but she was alive, she was here, and she had to have some kind of purpose. She’d fought through the illness and it hadn’t ended her. Her dappled dark ears lowered to her skull as she looked back up at Romulus and he explained the path he was going to take. Nothing incredibly concrete. Set up camp and see where life took him, Lilith nodded slightly in understanding. For the most part, she didn’t know about taking care of herself. The pack had always been there, her father had always been there to take care of her. Unlike Romulus, who couldn’t have been much older than her and he was already out here on his own building a life for himself. It was all so much different than her own life.

”That’s amazing, Romulus.” She told him softly, obviously impressed even if he hadn’t started yet. Of course it wasn’t too hard to impress Lillith when she lost her breath walking up a hill. She walked along beside him, both sets of eyes searching for yarrow but returning to the wolf beside them. Lil’s ruby eyes caught him just as he grinned at her, his teeth stained from the berries they enjoyed. Lilith couldn’t help herself and a girlish giggle left her lips bashfully. She tried to hide her out burst as he spoke again, asking about a good place to settle down. Lilith didn’t get around very much, not with her current state. There was one place she knew though.

”You could come to the Hallows.” She suggested quietly, it was the only place she really knew. ”There would be lots of training opportunities, and you wouldn’t have to stay forever.” But now that she really thought about it Lil liked the idea of Roman being in the southern pack. A thought that flushed her cheeks again.

Lillith Adravendi