Let You Down
06-02-2013, 06:42 PM
dying on a train, No more destination, No more pain He said, "One thing before I graduate:" Oh, if only she could always feel how she did when she was here beside Cifer. For this one blissful moment, all the rest didn't matter, she had him, he had her, and that was enough. Two old soldiers who'd been through a life time of war, and silently understood what the other felt. It was the closet thing to peace she'd ever known. Under his gaze of emerald, she could have no secrets. She could have no regrets - despite everything else she might've done, she'd made one good choice in her life. "-I'm sorry. I should never have left," she heard him murmur. "Cifer, you don't have to make any apologies to me." She said, at once calm and sincere. "You're here and that's what matters." An understatement. She didn't have to tell him how happy she was. In fact, she was more than happy. She'd missed him before, now, with his return, she realized exactly how much. The sort to hide and ignore pain, now that she saw it passing Crusade could see how much there really was of it. "I couldn't find him." Crusade half felt like snorting. "I won't allow you to think that that makes you any less of the warrior and hero you are." It was clipped and to the point, almost said in a half smirk, but it was as close to sweet-talking as she normally got. Cifer would understand that, she was in earnest - she wanted him all here, not a half hearted, defeated old man. And to his other questions, came another question just as earnest. "The children are fine, dear. Little Crucible is a quiet sort and stays to herself, but the boys are the boldest things I've ever seen. I can barely keep my eyes on them. But they are quite well- and- Myself?" Her hesitance betrayed the truth quicker than her tongue ever could. Her gaze faltered a bit and it took a sigh and a shift of shoulders to straighten herself out. Then, with a cock of the head to better fix her eye on the male, "I feel rather old." It was a simple, statement. A tad weary, but accepting, and stronger because of it. And it was truth. "I'm ten, Cifer. Most wolves don't make it this far, even if they die natural." She gave a swish of the tail. "It's not as though my paws are on death's doorstep. No, I'm still a good ways from gone... but I'm a long way off from what I once would've considered living." It was all said so easily, so matter-of-factly. Those big shoulders shifted in a shrug. "You and the pups, and the other packmates, you make my life worth living, even after my warriors days are past. I suppose, if I have a point, it's that I need. I need you quite terribly." Despite whatever strength remained in her stance and voice, if Cifer was looking for a time to kiss his mate, this was it. |
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