04-21-2018, 07:42 PM
Hephaestus
Tephra was just how he remembered it. Heat that surpassed the usual tropical humidity as steam rolled around his ankles. With every step the earth below gave and crunched beneath his weight. He hadn’t lingered in the kingdom for long when he’d escorted Ru and her newborn there. Somehow, he’d escaped without notice in the night as they slept.
That night haunted him. Beneath the light of a full moon, he’d stood above them as they slept, drinking in her peaceful beauty and his calm innocence. The colt had a way of looking at the bold black that set his muscles shifting beneath his skin. In the whole of his memory, he could never recall a time that a child had looked upon him with anything but fear within their gaze. This colt though…
It was because of this that he knew he had to leave them. Knowing they were safe did not make his departure easier. Once again, he remembers the soft smile upon Ru’s lips as she slept. Cloaked in midnight, she’d been blissfully unaware of his plans to abandon them. But he knew that it was what had to be done. She was too good for him – and, although she had asked him to stay with them, he knew such things were impossible. He could not subject them to the burden of his existence.
Draped in night once again, he slunk through the shadows towards the place he’d departed from that night so long ago. He had no hope that he would find her there, but the pull was too strong. He had to know that she was doing well. That they had moved on.
That night haunted him. Beneath the light of a full moon, he’d stood above them as they slept, drinking in her peaceful beauty and his calm innocence. The colt had a way of looking at the bold black that set his muscles shifting beneath his skin. In the whole of his memory, he could never recall a time that a child had looked upon him with anything but fear within their gaze. This colt though…
It was because of this that he knew he had to leave them. Knowing they were safe did not make his departure easier. Once again, he remembers the soft smile upon Ru’s lips as she slept. Cloaked in midnight, she’d been blissfully unaware of his plans to abandon them. But he knew that it was what had to be done. She was too good for him – and, although she had asked him to stay with them, he knew such things were impossible. He could not subject them to the burden of his existence.
Draped in night once again, he slunk through the shadows towards the place he’d departed from that night so long ago. He had no hope that he would find her there, but the pull was too strong. He had to know that she was doing well. That they had moved on.
Break My Shackles To Set Me Free
@[AuroraElis]