Is it the end?

Tamsyn walked through the plains as she and Kane began to make their way back toward the castle after a day spent scouring the lands and gardens around this portion of Auster for the plants her lover needed for the poisons he was crafting. She was hopeless when it came to identifying plants of any kind really, but she was good at tracking and navigating so she could at least keep him company while she acted as his guide around Auster and leading him to places that were similar conditions to what these plans would grow him. "I'm glad we were able to find some of the plants you were looking for," she said as she looked up at him with a smile. "Winter in Auster is more mild, but it's still probably-"

Her words cut off as a call for assistance on the other side of the plains caught her ears, dread washing over her when she realized it was her son's voice. "Rudyard?" Large predators were at their borders all the time, but if he was alone it still wasn't a good situation. She gave Kane a quick, worried glance before she took off across the open field toward where Rudy had called from, leaping over the stream that cut through the plains as she raced toward the edge that bordered the wild berry grove. As she heard the roar from a bear she pushed herself faster only skidding to a stop as she stumbled upon the bloody scene with Rudy laying on the ground by a tree with blood slowly pooling around him and the bear looming over him. "Rudy!" she yelled in a panic, feeling like her heart skipped and stopped at the sight.

That at least pulled the scarred bear's attention away from her son and she snarled, bristling as she stalked forward and began to pull the bear away so it was facing away from Rudyard. "Kane! Take care of Rudyard!" she demanded holding the bear's attention as they shuffled and danced. Occasionally she'd snap or swipe at it just to keep it focused on her and away from Kane and Rudy but it wasn't until it swung a huge paw at her that she actually got an attack in herself. She leapt to the side to dodge its swing, but instead of backing off she leapt in, rearing up to sink her teeth hard into the bear's throat. She bit deep into upper portion of its throat by its jaw where there was less thick fur to fight through and immediately began to thrash and and rip apart what she had bitten into, tearing open arteries and biting into its windpipe. She probably could have just chased it off, but after what it had done to her son she had to make sure that the obviously battle worn bear couldn't do this to anyone else.

The bear hit her shoulder, grazing the skin as she kept her hold and did as much damage as she could before she finally released it and stumbled back. The bear staggered for a moment, its roars and cries choked and gurgling before it finally toppled over with a thud. She didn't wait for it to finish dying before she rushed back over to Rudyard's side, panic and worry written across her face. The cuts across her shoulder were fairly shallow and barely even made her limp, looking far worse than they were as blood trickled down her leg. "Is he okay? Is he going to be okay?" she asked in a breathless panic, looking up at Kane to see what she could do to help.

Tamsyn Carpathius