Stirring the Embers of Desire
03-19-2014, 05:47 PM
Walk | Talk | Think Time had slipped away all too quickly the moment Tahlia found her husband. Before she knew it, the day was gone and it was long overdue that she return to Seracia and see to making her presence known there, of possibly doing something to make up for the time she had spent away. But wrapped within Bane's embrace, pressed close to him and sharing in his warmth, she hesitated. This was what she wanted, to be with him before anyone, their children close. How had things gone so astray? Something that should have been simple, of keeping a safe life within a respectable pack, had suddenly become their biggest challenge. And though deep down it was the best option for the children, she could not say this life of separation was what she wanted. But eventually she could avoid it no longer. She needed to go. With obvious reluctance, the russet and black wolf moved slowly so as not to wake her mate and husband and paused to stare down at him in slumber. How lonely must he have been, exiled on his own while she at least was surrounded by their pack, even if those faces were beginning to feel increasingly more like strangers? Tahlia lowered her head to place a tender lick to his forehead, holding her breath even as she did so so that he would remain asleep. It was hard enough saying goodbye like this; it would have been so much worse if he was awake. "Until next time, my husband," she whispered, managing a bittersweet smile before turning and trotting off through the wood beside the Rio Grande toward the border of Seracia. -Exit Tahlia and end thread- |