Do The Tables Turn?

*Hati* · 03-19-2015, 10:24 AM

Hati had taken it into his head that Sabre, the only boy in Daegmar's litter, needed a break from all the females he denned with. Most of the time you'd hardly know Daegmar was female from the way she acted, but those two girls of hers were chattery as magpies, always needing to know about everything. He'd been close to the edge of violence ever since the siege had proven to be nothing but one boring whinefest, and he'd felt caged in by the pack's boundaries and the constant barrage of wolves and puppies and he needed to rip something to shreds. Sure, maybe it was his fault for indulging them a little too much... after all, if they weren't Daegmar's kids he'd probably have mauled them several times by now instead of just roaring at them... Anyway he'd dragged Sabre along in part to free the boy from his sisters and to save Daegmar from having him around, but if he were honest with himself - which the hellhound tried never to be if he could help it - he had a genuine soft spot for the brats and he was just using it as an excuse for a bit of one-on-one time with the boy. Bonding over mutilating small animals. Maybe when they got back to Imperium and he'd worked out a little of his rage so he wasn't so close to killing someone, he'd take Karabela out and work with her fighting skills...

His pace had been slow to allow the barely-three-months-old Sabre to keep up, though the kid at least hadn't complained. What could he say, Daegmar taught her brats well. It had been a long trek for such a young kid, but Sabre was already taller than Hati had been at his age, and his long legs made up somewhat for his lack of endurance. They'd made it where Hati had been aiming anyway, and he set himself to find something to teach Sabre to catch and kill now that the kid was good and tired. Squirrel, rat, hell a mouse even. The point wasn't what they hunted so much as teaching the kid to hunt even when he was ready to drop. But he didn't find a squirrel, rat, or even a mouse.

Akemi.

He stopped fast enough that Sabre ran into his legs. The mask he wore hid emotions, but the growl that bubbled from under the edges made it pretty clear. As much as he cared for her, they hadn't parted on good terms. Only Daegmar's presence, and later the distraction of Daegmar's pregnancy and birth, had kept the black monster from doing something very very violent and probably very very fatal when his rage over Akemi's rape and mauling, over her and Freyr, over the whole damn situation boiled over. Now his body was gripped with tension and fury as he stared at the baby sister he'd loved more than anything, who he'd once both hoped and feared would feel the same way about him, and he could not get more than a single word past his tightly clenched jaws.

"Akemi."

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