Shattered

"Listen to me talk," 'but read my thoughts.'
The news hit her like a ton of bricks. The young girl would shake, lowering her head. She didn't reach out for Kassander. Didn't look at her other siblings. She could barely find the will to swallow the lump in her throat. Everything just shattered around her. It was like she was the only one there. She was unable to breathe. Unable to move. One of her siblings was dead.

The word was like a heavy stone, much like the ones in The Rock Garden. Svetlana would gurgle, a sound full of emotional pain. She would move, a step back. Though she hadn't noticed it she had begun to cry, tears rolling down her face. Her body gave a violent shudder as she stared at the ground, a look of horror upon her face. No. She couldn't fathom this.

This could not be happening.

Not to her family.

Not to Sigmarr.

The female would slowly lift her head as Katja began to speak... but everything seemed so far away. Everything seemed so broken. Svetlana didn't even feel Korrin as the fox tried to set her paw on her own, nor did she hear the words her companion spoke to her. Nothing in that moment mattered at all. Everything was... everything was gone.

Her brother. Her home. Her family was severed. What would become of them now? Should she stay... or...?

No.

She couldn't stay. Not here. Not where her brother lay resting in his final place of sleep. She could not, would not stay. Svetlana would turn, without a word, without another sound. She didn't say goodbye. She couldn't find the words to speak the pain of her heart. She would just walk, much like a zombie, away from her home yet again with her fox companion by her side.

She would not return to the pack.