Once Upon a Time

The white feathers hanging behind her ear shifted with each pull she made as she attempted to drag a rolled up fur out from the castle's storage to the den she had made with Kane. The bed they had assembled so far out in the plains was already piled high with plush furs, but more often than not she still woke up with her joints aching terribly and her back sore and instead of just accepting the fact that she was now crossing her tenth birthday and should just expect such things she was convinced that her bed just wasn't soft enough. At first she had tried to pull the thing up onto her back to carry it out that way, but it was hard to get the leverage to do so and what little she was able to get onto her back just ended up making her aching back hurt worse. Yes, she she had a mate and plenty of children that would likely be more than happy to help her move this pelt, but she was just as stubborn and independent as ever.

She managed to make it to the foyer at the main entrance of the castle before she finally dropped the roll of fur she was dragging with a sigh, sitting back on her haunches to rest for a moment. Gods how things had changed since the days when she would patrol the borders multiple times a day between training sessions and still wrestle and play with her children at the end of the day... While she waited to catch her breath and let her muscles relax a bit, she looked up at the foyer around her, a wistful smile crossing her lips as she thought about chasing after rambunctious pups through here or following Resin out to join her on a patrol or meeting up here with Kane before they left on another stretch of their journey. There were a lot of memories here and it made her glad that she had decided to live in The Hallows full time again.

Tamsyn Carpathius of the Valley