My Mother's Promise.

Walk | Talk | Think

At last she seemed to have gotten through to him. He no longer stood staring away from her but turned to face her, seating himself there as his tail curled to rest over his paws. Good. If he was sitting it meant he was willing to talk, and Laila was eager to catch up with someone who apparently had been right in the thick of things. Erani's adopted son. She could only imagine that the challenge and the pack's departure had been incredibly trying on him, losing not just pack members but family as well. Maybe she was lucky in that sense to only have been acquaintances with the woman and nothing more. She could still move on without carrying any holes inside of her for their absence.

It appeared in the calamity of things no one had thought to rally together and instead had scattered with the wind, and strangely it seemed so uncharacteristic for them. Valhalla had seemed like such a strong pack, solid and stable with their many relationships tying them all together, but when faced with a crisis they had reacted upon instinct, racing to save each of themselves individually instead of clinging to their whole.

"That's surprising," Laila admitted quietly, finding herself surprised yet again just a second later as Newol extended the same kindness that Erani had offered her before. She blinked obviously, amber gaze widening for a moment as it settled in. A safe place amongst the wolves again, a place where she would not have to worry about competing with other feline, or other canines for that matter. It was so very tempting that she could not stop herself from at least considering it though she could feel a certainty building within that she would. She had already gotten used to it; why change up her plans now?

The wolf introduced himself with a bow of his head - so proper that it reminded the mountain lion a bit of the woman he claimed as his mother. Realizing then that she had yet to give her name either, she returned his smile and mimicked his gesture with a nod of her head. "Laila," she answered, "Just Laila." No fancy last names for her. "Where have you been staying?" With as paranoid about distrusting wolves as she had been lately, she thought it likely that she could have passed right beside it without even knowing, maybe even hurried past it to keep herself out of harm's way. How nice it would be to be able to relax again and not fear her neighbors again!