warm embrace

She had been alone mostly since returning from the challenge, having spoken to Desiree and Scorpion, Crucifix and Orchid but not yet to her children. Something inside her told her that she did not want them to see her weak, didn't want them to see her injured and unable to lead her pack. But as her first born daughter's howl arched skywards Vi would sigh, lantern eyes closing momentarily before she would shuffle forwards towards the front of her den so her lay with half her body out and her hind legs still within the confines of it. She had moved herself to a new den, not the one she had shared for so long with Desiree and her children. Every so often she would still bleed, she would still break open her scabs and fuck shit up and have to call Orchid or Zara for assistance. Today was a better day, Zara having placed a fresh poultice of red seaweed over her wounds that was only a shade lighter then her pelt so not as noticeable. Slowly skull would tip back, allowing a lazy song to slip from her lips to call to her daunter, telling her where Vi was. It would be a few weeks before Vi could leave her den Zara had said, a few months before she could start attempting to put weight on her leg? Apparently it would be quite the wait. But good things came to those who waited right? TALK HERE