restless tides

*Tenshi* · 05-03-2022, 07:24 AM

She had not expected a warm welcome from him. The way he stared at her in that bored manner as if he were tired of the world was not any sort of surprise. He wouldn't care for the lengthy details or the sordid stories of how her whole clan had been demolished. Being the last one left did leave a gouge though. Heart torn into many pieces that she was still trying to tie back together. What exactly was she even going to tell him now? What did he really need to know?

Lifting her haunches from the sand, she stood to fully turn and face him. It was the least amount of respect she could show for him without betraying her feelings. Standing face to face, meeting her icy blue eyes with his silver glow, her mouth grew dry. Her entire journey down her, she had practiced and recited everything she was going to say the moment she met the man. As she stood there, it all went away. He had had nothing to do with the demolishing of her clan. It wasn't as if he had been the one to order the genocide to happen. How was she to rightfully and honorably blame him for it?

Perhaps she should have stayed away and taken Iga's royalty down one by one there. Yet, that wouldn't have been possible. An idea clicked in her mind at that moment. If she were to become an ally of sorts with their long-lost heir, they would be furious. The one clan that had always gotten under their skin, her mountain wolves, teamed up with the one wolf they missed the most? Oh, there would be riots. Seconds passed as her mind ticked away to gather the proper words. Say one wrong thing and she would be a goner. Inhaling a shallow breath, Tenshi exhaled before the words were released.

"A grudge was bestowed upon me for what was done in the past. The Yama Clan does not forgive easily, but now that I am alone, I have started to see past that. There is nothing left for me there. Not in the mountains, not in the forests, not in the smaller villages, and especially not in Iga. I do not belong anywhere and while my heart is still a fury of pain, I needed to find somewhere I belong. The start of my journey had not been a noble beginning, but I have had time to change my thinking. I need a purpose," Tenshi finished with a slight bow of her head. It was as little fluff as she could give him without revealing everything.

What he would do next would be his decision. If he wanted to turn her away, then so be it. She could continue to plan her revenge in solitary and return when she was finally ready. If he had a plan to keep her for something, she would be open to living a different sort of life. Maybe it would be the only way she could heal. To see the way he lived away from Iga and the poison that infiltrated their society. The hairs along her spine bristled as she anticipated what he would say.

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