08-26-2018, 09:54 PM
The bear had taken over.
Taken over and trapped her inside it’s rank fur. Every impulse became the grizzly’s and none of the mare’s. Keeper lost herself along with her place in Hyaline.
She never forgot their names or their faces. Memories stayed with her and she felt safe in their arms buried deep inside the bear. It was easier to give in and let the bear do what it does best.
Only her elusive father had managed to coerce her back into a horse to care for her newest sibling. Except she was even failing at that! Reverting back to the bear to keep him safe and alive.
The familial obligation kept her there. But even she needed a break and lumbered off in bear-shape towards the meadow.
Keeper is not sure why the bear gravitated towards the grasslands when it preferred the river and forest for the hunt. Apparently the grizzly sow was not hungry. Or if she was, it was not for meat that she came but other needs - other hungers. The kind that made Keeper surface in the bear’s awareness and take over.
It caused the bear to shift back into a small wild mare. She snorted and sniffed and tilted her head to the side in confusion. One of the scents was entirely too familiar to her and before she knew it, a name left her in a tremulous rasp. “Ryan?”
He’d be easy to spot but Keeper was afraid to look in case this was all in her head.
@[Ryan] shhh this is happening ❤️