Don't Cry For Me
07-22-2014, 01:49 PM
She had just begun to look away when a deep sigh met her ears. Adelaide looked at the dark brute in surprise, wondering what had suddenly upset him this way. He kept his face tilted down as he answered her question. The Rightful Queen of Valhalla. His adopted mother. So the line had been drawn. She was free to speak her mind now. None of this makes any sense to me. All she wanted was a safe place for her family. I just don't understand. Adelaide had never seen it from that side before. All she knew was that Erani had built the pack herself, and she had been a kind alpha. That alone was enough to make it an injustice. Such was life. But it was horribly unfortunate. "I don't understand it either. And you're right, it doesn't make sense. What gave them the right to tear a family apart like that? Erani was a great leader. She was a mother to everyone in Valhalla. They had endured a war before, had they not? And they won that war, didn't they?" To her surprise, her voice was rising. Getting louder as the injustice spoke for itself. "I've only heard stories of Erani, but I know from those stories that she was gentle and good. She was never a fighter, even when she was young, right? What kind of coward would challenge someone like that? And what's more, why would they challenge someone her age?" She hoped that didn't offend the man, she just meant to say that Erani was aging and in no shape to win a battle. It was cowardly of them to take over in such circumstances. Just cowardly. And completely unacceptable. The snowy healer was very well aware of the fact that she had gone on speaking for too long. Ranting about it wasn't going to fix anything. But her heart was pounding now. She was angry. She wished with all of her heart that she had been granted with height and muscle and natural fighting skill. Adelaide wanted to march over there and take back the throne. For Erani. For Newol. For Valhalla. All of it, everything and everyone. "It just isn't fair," she mumbled, falling silent again. His final words entered the air, and she looked up just long enough to laugh and give a wry smile. Then her sapphire eyes turned downward, like his had before. "I hope you can forgive me. If anyone disrupted the mood, it was me." She laughed again, following it with a sad sigh. "I just wish we could fix this." "SPEECH" |