Tis But A Scratch
07-23-2021, 08:02 PM
The description she gave burned a permanent place in his memory. He was sure there was more than one bastard out there that was big, black, and blue, but he wouldn't forget this scent any time soon. He breathed it in just so it could take up permanent residence in his mind. If he ever found this brute he would know it immediately and he would pay for what he did - that much Ulric promised himself. He was forced to keep that furry in the background of his mind for now, instead giving his attention to the only wolf that truly mattered in this mess. He let Eska slowly get to her paws, but the more he watched her struggle the more furious be became. He almost stopped her to insist that she lay down for a while longer and rest, but he could understand the desire to go somewhere more comfortable away from everyone else, especially after what she had been put through. He hovered close at her side as she moved toward the door, rushing forward to catch her when her exhausted limbs began to collapse under her.
He couldn't find any words. His teeth were grit together painfully tight as he fought against the urge to rush out of the castle and call for their Knights to go search for this brute, but his dedication to the woman he loved held him here. He crouched down, getting her situated so that she was laying along his back, and then lifted her up, carrying her out of the infirmary and up to their room. He couldn't bear to see her struggle to take another step and he simply didn't have it in him to convince her to let him carry her. He needed to care for her some how and do something besides just stand there and watch her be in pain. He carried them into their bedroom, kicking the door closed behind them to block out this goddamn world that kept tearing apart the things he loved, and he brought her over to their bed, laying her down as carefully as he could possibly manage.
He didn't know what do to. He wanted to lay with her and hold her, he wanted to run out and start a hunt for her attacker, he wanted to tear into the first thing he could find just to have an outlet for this rage that lit him on fire. In the end the irrational fear that if he took his eyes off of her something else would happen won out and he pulled himself up onto their bed, laying beside her and carefully wrapping his forelegs around her to pull her into him, laying stomach to stomach. He tried his best to avoid touching anything around her neck and shoulders, but he needed to hold her. He needed to convince himself that she would be okay if he was going to keep himself from running out in the heat of the moment and making some kind of foolish mistake. He held her possessively, kissing across the top of her head ears.
"I'll find him," he rumbled quietly in a dark promise, as his all encompassing anger started to simmer down to a low, seething emotion deep in his gut. He didn't know how he'd find this bastard, but he would. He'd find a way, even if he had to search every inch of Auster and Boreas. "I don't want you to go out on your own any more," he added after a moment, knowing she would probably have some kind of objection, but he didn't care. He would give her a lot of things, but this wasn't one he could bend on right now. "I'll go out tomorrow and purchase those dogs we looked at so you'll have something with you at all times." He had been planning on getting two for each of them so that there would always be dogs available to guard the alpacas as well, but now he just wanted all four of them to follow and guard her. He leaned his forehead into hers as he closed his eyes, breathing in a steadying breath as he continued to try and calm himself down.
Ulric Adravendi
He couldn't find any words. His teeth were grit together painfully tight as he fought against the urge to rush out of the castle and call for their Knights to go search for this brute, but his dedication to the woman he loved held him here. He crouched down, getting her situated so that she was laying along his back, and then lifted her up, carrying her out of the infirmary and up to their room. He couldn't bear to see her struggle to take another step and he simply didn't have it in him to convince her to let him carry her. He needed to care for her some how and do something besides just stand there and watch her be in pain. He carried them into their bedroom, kicking the door closed behind them to block out this goddamn world that kept tearing apart the things he loved, and he brought her over to their bed, laying her down as carefully as he could possibly manage.
He didn't know what do to. He wanted to lay with her and hold her, he wanted to run out and start a hunt for her attacker, he wanted to tear into the first thing he could find just to have an outlet for this rage that lit him on fire. In the end the irrational fear that if he took his eyes off of her something else would happen won out and he pulled himself up onto their bed, laying beside her and carefully wrapping his forelegs around her to pull her into him, laying stomach to stomach. He tried his best to avoid touching anything around her neck and shoulders, but he needed to hold her. He needed to convince himself that she would be okay if he was going to keep himself from running out in the heat of the moment and making some kind of foolish mistake. He held her possessively, kissing across the top of her head ears.
"I'll find him," he rumbled quietly in a dark promise, as his all encompassing anger started to simmer down to a low, seething emotion deep in his gut. He didn't know how he'd find this bastard, but he would. He'd find a way, even if he had to search every inch of Auster and Boreas. "I don't want you to go out on your own any more," he added after a moment, knowing she would probably have some kind of objection, but he didn't care. He would give her a lot of things, but this wasn't one he could bend on right now. "I'll go out tomorrow and purchase those dogs we looked at so you'll have something with you at all times." He had been planning on getting two for each of them so that there would always be dogs available to guard the alpacas as well, but now he just wanted all four of them to follow and guard her. He leaned his forehead into hers as he closed his eyes, breathing in a steadying breath as he continued to try and calm himself down.
