Au?ra moved to nuzzle her, and Katja leaned into the caress. Though not a demonstrative person it had been long since she'd been in the company of family, and of all her family Au?ra was the one she felt closest to. The comfort of her touch was welcomed today.
But her words brought nothing but confusion as she relayed the knowledge passed to her in dream. Jaeger, dead? His death would release her from her oath, but there was a vague sense of loss - her whole time here the thought of bringing her cousin home to justice had sustained her, and the absence of that possibility was... emptying. And despite all that he'd done he was still family, and for him to have died at the hands of anyone but family was an insult to their line. Or was she not properly translating the still unfamiliar words?
Perhaps she was mistranslating, for Au?ra's next words could not possibly be so. Au?ra, to die soon? No, that could not be. The words hit her like a sword thrust, taking her breath and tightening her muscles in protest for the fierce pain. "Nei, s?ster, nei." Her angular head shook in denial, her face expressionless in it's agony. "Sikkert det er en feil, noen onde triks av Loke. Du kan ikke d?. Du er Finnvi. Du er min s?ster." Her hackles were raised, body set as though to fight for her sister. "Et offer vil sette denne retten. Vi har gudenes fav?r, vil de ikke forlate deg som dette."
The gods had seen fit to give her a pack, a home. Was there something she had failed to do, that they would take away her only friend, the pups, her cousin and her chance of bringing him to justice, and now her sister? What had she done wrong?
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