Trapped in the snare

Strai sighed, seating himself on his rump as he looked at Spider. They looked different, a little older than when he had seen them last. When had that been? Time seemed to have slipped past him with all the changes in his life. He’d seen Spider… less, since they had professed their feelings to him. It hadn’t been intentional, it truly hadn’t. But he wondered if Spider resented him a little for it. He’d never cared before about resentment before this, he was used to it. He worked hard for it.

“Bylgja’s gone. I don’t know where, she just… vanished.” He said softly. The woman who had adopted him, had become like a parent to him. Had he failed her by not looking harder? Probably, it was easy to be a failure to those around you. It hurt how much doubt had crept into his heart lately. “Vidarr stepped down as leader, and… and Delphi is leader now. She’s ranked me just below her.” He grimaced instead of smiling at that. “Me? In charge of people? But how could I say no…” he put his head in his paws and groaned. “Everything’s changed Spider, and too fast. I don’t know what to do with it all.”

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