out of the darkness & into the sun
01-25-2014, 02:26 PM
The words barely registered above the buzzing of the bugs. A voice that she never thought she would hear, a voice that seemed to come from her imagination to torment her when she wanted them most. She had heard the gentle footsteps approaching but had written them off. Whoever it was walked as he walked, but it couldn't be him. Even if he had made it to this land, how would he find her so far from the rest? It was impossible. Natalya convinced herself of this and chose to ignore the being until the voice reached her ears. They had fallen back toward her head, keeping their tunnels sheltered from the rain, but they perked immediately. She rose slowly from the ground and turned her nose in the direction of the speaker. It can't be him, she reminded herself as she cautiously stepped forward, straining to catch a scent over the wind that directed it away from her. With each slow, agonizing step she became more certain that it was a dream, that she would reach the spot and find only empty space. But she was wrong. Abruptly she would stop, the muscles in her body tensing as she felt the presence that was all too familiar to her. The presence she had craved for weeks, the one whose absence left her feeling fur-less and vulnerable. Without warning, without word, she would suddenly thrust herself forward, pressing her face into the fur at his shoulder and exhaling the breath she had been holding for far too long. She felt her happiness return with the warmth that radiated from her husband, her Helios. Natalya finally felt whole again. |
