A rare moment of peace

*Recluse* · Updated 04/30/23:

Recluse Ithuriel-Klein

Recluse considered his words, her gaze roving over the cave. "If I moved our den here once the kids are old enough to get their own dens would you be amenable to that?" It would be a nice place to raise the next branch of the family, and if they ever added more lovers to their lives they would want more space anyways, not that Recluse was sure if that would happen. Eraithus' question reached her and Recluse sighed, shifting on her stomach slightly so that she was more comfortable.

"They have better served me as an example of what not to do with my own children, than as my own parents." The woman turned her gaze towards the sky above them, leaning slightly towards him, wanting the comfort of his touch as she allowed herself to open up slightly. "In hindsight, I don't think they ever intended to be bad parents, but they were." She shrugged, the hatred she'd felt for her parents had dulled into a background simmer in the last few years, though she still had no desire to ever see them again. "There was a brief period when I was young when we had a nice, almost normal life. My parents, my siblings, hell we even had friends our age. But it all collapsed one day, I still don't really know what happened but my mother took my brother and left, abandoning me and my sister. And my dad? I don't know where he went, evidently off to fuck some other woman and have new kids to replace the ones he'd left behind to starve." That was not hyperbole, Recluse had nearly died of starvation at the time. If not for Tyranis she'd have died in that den, much as she disliked the man she could not deny he'd done her a service in saving her that day.

"Eventually my father found me and took me back to our family's pack but he never stayed. He would come into my life only to disappear again." Her voice got softer. "It fucked me up for a long time, I vowed I would never let my children doubt if they were loved." Recluse fell silent then, her eyes closing but taking the time to just enjoy being close to another wolf, to finally letting it all exist in the open.

"Speech"

Art by Sirinsong

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