i am reaching but i fall

Midnights ears lifted slightly as the brute approached her eyes opening and for a moment fear flashed through the golden orbs as she lifted her head to meet the large males dark blue eyes. For a minute she sat transfixed by the gaze then she realised he had spoken. As he approached, moving nearer to her injured side, she tried to stand, his body language promised kindness but her mind still spun with the images of violent rejection, but the blood dripping from the wounds had taken its toll and she could not at that moment summon the energy. She offered a cautious nod, the male, Oxia, was speaking an introduction she knew how she had been taught to respond but standing tall and speaking clear and strong where no longer options, not right now.

She flinched slightly as he touched the first wound stifling a whimper, her body was tense as a bow string as she fought down the urge to flee or snap, and for a few moments silence rained, as midnight forced herself to focus on his shoulder fluffy and patterned with white lines, when he paused in his administrations she spoke her voice was slightly weak and scratchy and she coughed to try and clear it, ?I?m Midnight I ? I?m alone,? she had meant it as a simple descriptor but as she spoke the words she realized just how sad it sounded, wolves weren't supposed to be alone and she had been alone so long, her ears and head dropped.

She was jolted from melancholy as Oxia continued his ministrations, midnight released a soft yelp, the wounds where reasonably deep and she closed her eyes once more focusing on keeping her breathing even. The pain seemed to dull slightly as Oxia worked, the bleeding slowing then stopping completely, still she could not fool even herself that she was fine, she was weak and even standing at this moment seemed a daunting prospect.

She listened letting the calm in his voice wash over her, her muscles relaxing and her shortened tail shifting slightly brushing the ground behind her. She nodded at the wisdom in his words a rest even a short one would build up her strength , ?I ? thank you,? she lifted her golden eyes once more to meet his blue ones, ?i was unsure if ... well if I would be welcome,? a shiver ran through her body and she glanced away quickly scanning the horizon, this was a pack land after all this warrior, new by his own admission, might greet her with kindness and offer her admission but that did not guarantee her safety, not if the alpha disagreed.

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