i walk alone
05-09-2014, 01:21 PM
The longer the wait for someone to appear, the more Katja wished to pace impatiently. Was she to be ignored then, as some nuisance to be swept aside? But she forced herself to sit motionless as the minutes ticked by and the dark feeling inside clenched tighter. Movement finally as someone approached. Katja watched impassively. Vaughan most likely, Raisa's most loyal commander and the one Katja could respect, but it wasn't Vaughan she wanted to see, to unleash this anger... But wait. Her angular face went even more inscrutable as the figured came closer. That wasn't Vaughan's familiar form and coloring. That was... "Raisa..." The name rolled off her tongue in a sigh of breath. Relief, as the dark thing inside loosened and uncoiled, as the tension she'd been feeling so often of late dissipated like so much smoke. How close she'd been to breaking her oath to Raisa, yet she'd come just as Katja had been closest to her limit, just when she had most needed her there. Then the slightest of frowns creased her forehead. "Raisa," she repeated, this time the name spoken with more fire. "What happened to you?" For the alpha did not look to be in fair shape, and her steps dragged tiredly. Katja found herself on her feet, a coldly protective fury rising in her. Had someone dared harm her oathbound lady? Hard on its heels came a crashing guilt - she had broken her oath after all, in failing to be both sword and shield for Raisa. It was obvious that she had not shielded Raisa from anything, had in fact believed Raisa to have been careless of her responsibility. Had considered... Swallowing hard, the viking dropped into a formal bow, the same she had used when first she gave Raisa her oath. "Failed you, I have done. Had I done as my duty, never would you have faced travails alone. I accept... any punishment you see fit for failure." "Speech." |
