Moral to the Story

Their clash of teeth and fur had her wide-eyed and sitting up, twisting until her feet were under her. Her ears pressed as she looked on, uncertain of who would be the victor, but scared nonetheless. If Ultyr won, would she be forgotten? Left to rot and bare the burden of surviving without the aid of the father of her children, she knew she would die without him. But the thought of someone besting him, it meant anger, and anger had forever meant pain. Her tail clasped to her belly as she stayed as low and close to the ground as she could. This was stressful and scary for the dame. Long ago the fight had left her.

There were words angry and full of spite. Not from Ultyr but the other. She claimed her freedom and Lai knew what was up the moment it was happening, Ultyr was intent on taking her freedom. Lai knew better than to intervene, knew that prince was a slaver, and knew the other only stood a chance if they ran from him. The words kept coming but Lai had little concern for alot of the words spewed right now. As the two clashed she started looking for an out. Eye frantic in her search. Then she was slinking away, her destination a tree with a hollowed root den. The entrance was tiny, definitely not something Ultyr could fit in. And she had no intentions of coming out until he was calm again. Last time he was angry had ended with her on her back, semi-choked by the man. Violence was a language he knew well.

The worm she was, she was slinking in even faster as Ultyr sounded done with his fight. Hormones had her ready to cry if he touched her in anger at the moment and she would be damned if she let him harm the innocent lives within her. Soon as she was in the dark of the earth she was curling unto herself and pressing her head into her paws to drown out the noises around as much as possible. She needed a few minutes to herself. And definitely wanted the promise of no pain to her to come from Ultyr's own lips before she left this den. Drama queen it may feel like but she would be damned if she would take the punishment of some other.

"Things I Hear"