Goodbye world and all who inhabit it

*Recluse* · Updated 04/30/23:

Content warning: Death of a child, grief of a parent

Perhaps luckily for Kali the pups had been moved to her old den. She'd been pretty sure that Sparrow wouldn't have wanted her children around. So she and Eraithus moved them shortly after the raid, luckily they'd been asleep at the time. They would soon be out and about on their own but she wasn't eager to tempt them by giving them a taste of the world outside the den just yet. They'd need to be moved soon now as well, Recluse was once more alone in her den when her daughter came to greet her. She'd noticed the young woman's absence from the raid but she would greet the brown and gold girl all the same. Recluse wanted her children to be ambitious only in ways that mattered to them, while she secretly hoped that the upcoming competition between Kali and Ghoul would mold both of them into more worthy leaders she did not harbor any ill will towards any of her children.

It was nice, getting to chat with her daughter. They hadn't done so in some time and so getting to hear Kali's thoughts was a treat. The pale woman silently marveled at the grown wolf that sat beside her, it felt like just yesterday that she'd nursed her first litter marveling down at the tiny lives she'd brought into the world all by herself. She could still remember the way it had felt to cradle them, to curl herself around them and feel that maternal love wash over her. They were hers, hers, and no one else's. Recluse was excited to get to try raising her newest litter with Eraithus but her first two would always be hers alone.

Which was why it was so alarming when Kali's words began to slur together, becoming less and less coherent. Kali gasped and the her daughter slumped into her and Recluse felt panic rising like bile in her throat. The iron scent of blood reached her and Recluse realized with a start that Kali's nose and ears were bleeding. "Kali? KALI?" Her voice reached a frantic pitch and she desperately released a call for help, for someone, anyone who could help save her daughter. Her mind was a whirlwind of panic, she did not know what was happening, she did not understand what could have happened. Her daughter had been fine mere moments ago and now suddenly she was desperately holding her, clinging to the girl. She felt Kali's body grow heavier and Recluse screamed again, this time wordlessly, she wouldn't let Kali fall though, wouldn't release her.

Kali's form would grow cold and still in her embrace. It would take some time for Recluse to come out of the blind panic that enveloped her, in that time she would be blind and deaf to anything around her as she found herself on the floor of her den, holding her still, dead daughter.

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