Protector

Walk | Talk | Think

She heard nothing in response to her question and for a second panicked, until she felt him reach beneath her. She sat up taller, curving her body as she lifted the paw along the side he was on to offer him more space from which to get their children out of harm's way. Her gold eyes were still shut tight but her ears heard all, the whimpers and whines of the pups as they were pulled one by one out from underneath her, Bane's muffled confirmations that he had each of them. It was only when she heard Kailos's little noises set away from where she stood somewhat crouched that she allowed herself to feel relief. They were safe. All was well.

A heavy breath left her and her weary body sunk slightly under the pressure of the fallen tree, and not a moment too soon she felt it shift, slide, and fall away from her. She breathed in deeply then, the physical burden gone, but her legs shook far too much to allow her to get away from the spot, as if rogue roots of the fallen tree had taken to holding her in place. And instantly Bane was there at her side, kissing her injured face, or so she thought. She was not altogether aware of just how serious the damage was yet.

His sweet kisses burned, stung her face, around her eye and across it, each touch of gentle pressure causing her to clench her jaws tightly and resist the instinct to snap and get him to stop. "Bane!" she practically screamed, the bite she wished to give audible in her words though it faded quickly into a loud whine. He was not listening. He was giving orders, telling her not to move, to let him clean her eye, to blink. He pushed against her and unbalanced as much as coaxed her into following his direction until she slid onto her side, legs curling and pushing against the air as he continued to hover over her cleaning her face. Her left eye cried tears; she was half convinced the right cried blood. "It hurts," she whimpered, forgetting in her pain that the children were there, "Please stop."