This is Goodbye

*Dayton* · 07-27-2014, 09:31 PM

Dayton would stare at the ground between his feet, a million things moving through his mind. There had been a change inside him, and he didn't know what it would grow into yet. But he just didn't belong here anymore. Admitting it to himself wasn't the hard part, though. The hard part was announcing his departure to one of his alphas. Somewhere in his mind, he had hoped for Qanik. She seemed... More patient than Roman. More motherly somehow. And Qanik was the first one he had met when coming to Tortuga for the first time. Didn't it only seem suiting that she should be the last one he saw as well?

But alas, destiny did not agree with his twisted version of poetic tragedy. It had its own tragedies to throw at him soon enough. Little did Dayton know that Pacifica was gone, never to be heard from again. Perhaps she was dead. Perhaps she had lost her mind to grief. Perhaps that would happen to the russet brute soon.

Whatever the case, Roman came to him soon after his call had sunken into the trees. She had understood his mournful tone and her face portrayed it. The worry, the heavy sadness, all of it. Something told him that there were other members deciding to leave. Dayton was a good man, and he didn't want to upset the lovely woman. But he was becoming a proud man as well, with confidence growing every day. He needed to stand up for himself. With a deep breath, the boy spoke. "Yes, my queen. I called you here to share some disheartening news, I'm afraid." He would shuffle his weight with discomfort. "Tortuga gave me a home when all hope was lost. For that I am eternally grateful. You carved me into a better man, gave me confidence and strength. These gifts are priceless to me, please know that."

He would sigh, one last time, the air passing through his lips and into the open spring air between them. His amber eyes soaked up the image around him. The lake, finally thawing in the middle of spring. The sky, a bright and hopeful blue. Then Roman, beautiful and confused, the pain and anger boiling just under the surface. Somehow it brought tears to his eyes. "But I believe this is goodbye," he breathed. "If you'll let me, I wish to travel elsewhere and find the life that is meant for me. Because while I love Tortuga and it's members, it is not my permanent home. Can you ever forgive me, Lady Roman?"

"SPEECH"

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