Bloody Moons Set Eventually

*Tahlia* · 07-24-2014, 03:51 PM

Walk | Talk
| Think

The russet woman's peaceful slumber was disturbed with the reentry of her husband into their den, feeling his muzzle nudge against her and pull her from sleep. She blinked and at first saw nothing, her left eye needing a moment as it adjusted and she turned her head to better catch what faint light was afforded to her from the den's entrance. Her brow furrowing - why had Bane woken her? - she rose somewhat slowly and went to the front of the den to watch him do the same within the other den their children occupied. It all felt familiar to her, almost to the point that she thought she might still have been dreaming. But none of her dreams were this vivid, none of them went like this. This was really happening, Bane was really rousing his family from sleep and drawing them from their dens. He was moving them again.

She did not need to ask to know; the pattern was there even though it had only happened once before. But unlike before there was less complacency within Tahlia this time. She had thought they were doing well here, the older boys spending their days training, Anais and Kailos with her learning what she could teach about hunting, and Lior with the healers. But Bane... She realized then what she had failed to notice before, how little he had on his plate to keep him busy. How did he spend his time during the days, when not even the boys, who she considered his multiple shadows, trailed after him? It hurt her heart to know that not all of them were happy here, and it showed within the saddened frown that manifested itself upon her brow.

Without argument, she moved to stand beside him, listening as he called for Katja and then rubbing her forehead against his shoulder as she took a seat. As much as she wished not to be, Tahlia was worried. Bane was not as young as he had been when they had lived in the wilds before, even if the children were older now. Would he not have been more comfortable here, within borders that were protected and safe? "You are sure of this?" she asked softly, for his ears alone. There was no need to clarify what he intended by waking them, and though she did not entirely wish to leave the life she had started to grow comfortable with her place was still at his side, wherever he might be.

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