I'm Comin' Back Home / p
03-17-2013, 10:12 PM
His ears lay flat against his skull as his frame shifted down, underside kissing the earth as he slunk forward. Sneaking back into somewhere was not easy, and certainly not easy when he'd just cried out a curse into the night air. No doubt someone would have heard it, after all.. many wolves stalked at night. He knew his father had a habit of sleeping rather lightly. Would he wake and come investigate his son's cry? Would his mother come? Maverick silently hoped it would be anyone but his mother. He found it difficult to weasel his way out of things with her, and found it even harder to get out of something without getting yelled at. Yelling at this time of night would certainly alert all of Seracia to his sin. And then she came. His name had never sent chills down his spine before now. Her figure emerged out of the darkness, icy blue eyes clouding with worry. She questioned him, once, then twice. Ears remained pinned to his skull as he drew his gaze away from her. The stark warning came. What could he do but lie? He couldn't tell her the truth, he just couldn't risk that. "I know I'm late.. I got a little sidetracked today.. exploring and all." He hoped that would suffice, but he knew that she would question him further. No matter what she asked he'd never mention Epiphron, even though her perfume was all over his pelt. Maverick fought back a yawn, trying to appear bored with the whole scenario so he could perhaps draw her away from questioning him so much. Ears flickered forward, waiting. Speech, |