Hiding From the Unknown

CALLISTO

Walk | Talk | Think

No matter how much she told herself she did not need to go finding food her stomach still continued to occasionally gurgle pleadingly at her, which only managed to elicit a heavy sigh. How was she going to do this? She really should have gotten further away from Ebony than this, no matter the sentimental value this isolated den held for her. It was too close to her pack lands, too close to Maximous, and considering the way she had up and left not so very long ago she half expected him to be on the lookout for her, with or without the help of the pack. Gods, she hoped he had not told them. It was one thing to have to worry about him alone, but to have to worry about the entire pack as well? This is stupid. All of it.

Her silvery blue eyes were half lidded, the disinterested look about her hinting at her resignation over her desolate fate, but behind it all her thoughts were buzzing. How could she do this? Maybe she could just make a break for it, go racing from the den and keep running until she was well enough away from this area and safely somewhere else before she stopped for a meal. Or maybe she could take it slow, see if anyone was even around this area first before she went running off and possibly drawing attention to herself because of her haste. Running immediately sounded the better plan to her, but that was only because now her den no longer felt as safe as it had when she had returned to it.

She was still trying to choose a course of action when she heard soft paw steps outside of the den, and immediately she froze. Oh shit. Her whole body tensed where she lay curled up, but she dared not move. Only her ears did, turned back to listen as closely as she dared as those steps drew nearer and eventually stopped just outside of her den. Shit. There was no hiding her scent, especially since she had been holed up in the den for a while now. She was cornered.

The sound of his voice, the voice that she knew would find her eventually, entered her den unwanted, and instantly her pale eyes clenched shut in a moment of anger. Damn him. He had found her, though no doubt she had made it easy for him. And - Damn him again - he had brought her a rabbit. Just the sound of hearing him mention his catch was enough to wake her stomach again, and she willed it to remain quiet, and it was only by chance that it managed to listen to her and stay silent. He mentioned an apology and from the sound of it stepped back from the den, distancing himself from the entrance and from the wolf stuck within.

Callisto said nothing at first, her mind a blur. He had found her, because of her own stupid choices no doubt, and he wanted to talk. Well, she did not. Nor did she want to take the offering he had brought her, whatever token it was meant to be as a means to win her over. He loved her, and that was far too much for her to handle. Especially after everything she had been through.

She thought about staying silent, but decided it was stupid in the end since he obviously knew she was there. Talking to him was out of the question - she had no interest in hearing whatever apology he had whipped up and really did not want to leave her shelter to face him knowing now what she did. She took the coward's way, staying inside of her hole and, not even moving to speak directly to him, spoke aloud so that he could hear from outside, "Go away."

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