stand tall little soldier
01-02-2015, 04:22 AM
Her dark-tipped ears would flick back with worry when her son sank down onto his haunches and leaned into her shoulder at her question, worry creasing her brow even more at his answer. A small pocket of anger that had been growing in her gut was sparked at that, all of it completely directed toward Vereux and his disappearance. She had searched for him long and hard and the only two solutions that she had come up with was that he was long dead somewhere or had completely left the continent of Alacritis. If the first was true then she certainly did not find his body so she hard quite a hard time believing it. That only left her with the latter solution which only served to make her even more furious at him. He had stuck around just long enough for his children to get to know him and then took off without a warning or word. Of course she hid all of these feelings of hatred from her children and even from Amalia for the most part. She wanted each of her boys to remember their father fondly or at least as fondly as they could given the situation. She didn't want to be the cause for any hatred they might have for him. Instead she quietly rested her head on top of Bacchus' and pulled him closer with a sigh. "I know, my dear. I know. I feel lost too. I can't tell you how lost I've felt... But I have you and I have your brothers and Amalia. All of you are so precious to me, just remember that. You and your brothers are my big men now." She pulled back enough that she could look into his eyes and smiled, hoping that he knew just how much he meant to her. Eager to get onto a happier topic, her eyes lit up with an idea and she smiled. She knew that if Bacchus was anything like she was when she was a pup or if he was like any of the pups she had dealt with in the past he would love to do anything the grown ups did for a day and would love a chance to be useful so she told him, "Would you like for me to show you how to hunt a little bit? Maybe we can find some dinner while we're out here, hm?" |