The World Is Crashing Down Around Our Ears

He finally paused, and the expression he shot Keahi was a mixture of frustration and helplessness. Keahi had called Wren a friend, too. In fact, he was sure he’d heard her call the other wolf her sister. Now she was counciling him to give up? To let her go? He didn’t think too hard on the state he was in, or the countless hours he had spent searching every inch of the territory for her. The days immediately after a disappearance were the most crucial. Every second that passed meant more clues would fade, the trail growing colder.

There was an alien urge inside of him to snap at Keahi, and his face twisted with the desire to say something sharp and painful. As painful as the feelings squeezing his heart until he couldn’t breath. But in the end, even this Merc. This injured, hurting wolf he was couldn’t do it. He let the words fade into a breath insead. Keahi was right, if he collapsed that would slow down his progress even more. He wasn’t willing to give her up, not yet. But a respite would be… tolerable. “Alright… alright. But I can’t stop long” He said at last.


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