honey, I'm home

"Cause I could smell it. It's not exactly subtle." Her senses were far from trained but she'd been there, recognised the scent as one that had clung to her form seasons ago. She wasn't in any real rush to risk her life again like that, not when Azure seemed so displeased by the results. If nothing else she'd been on birth control that worked fine till now, no unexpected surprises or unwelcome intervention of the forever moon.

But of course he was combative, saw threats where there were none and naturally took it out on her. Picked apart her choice of words with a fine toothed comb, found one thread he did not like and near shoved it in her face. Like he'd found some sort of proof, a reason to blame her when the fault laid entirely at someone else's paws. She felt her expression stiffen, a prickle of annoyance she couldn't hide as she pushed herself to her paws and made a point of busying herself with the ear on the floor. She tucked it away on her shelf of special things, important gifts Azure had granted her one by one. Things he might take away if he was feeling particularly mean.

She stomped her paw on the hard stone floor. It began."You always do this. Push me away when I love you, only you. What do you want me to say?" The pitch of her voice rose with each word, slightly more shrill than the last. "Tell me. What to do then." She sneered, rising her chin in challenge.