if you do not have shadows,
you are not in the light
The sun is setting over the bay, and Ruthless stands facing the blue abyss inhaling the salty air. Spray flies from the tide rolling in and refreshes her chest.
The sun is vibrant, a red-orange hue that tints the landscape in a plethora of warm colours. Though the air is colder here now than in the summer, she still dips her front feet into the crisp water to feel it swirl around her legs.
She came here for him, and hopefully he feels that because she needs him right now. There hadn’t been a word spilled over the events that had taken place in the field that day, not at least from her. If Fiorina or Lilliana had chosen to tell the tale then so be it, but Ruthless was willing to bet they hadn’t.
Fiorina has probably battled many monsters over her days of being blood thirsty and irritable, so Wolfbane is just another chink in her armour. Lilliana had made a cowardly call, even if Ruthless never dared to say so. She probably didn’t feel it necessary to defend that.
So, the secret had likely stayed as that. A blip for Fiorina, an escape for Lilliana, and a nightmare for her.
She needed to tell someone, a soul that would keep this with them until Ruthless knew it was time. Until Ruthless knew if there would be a time. Lilliana is clearly not an option, not now. Not until Ruth is ready. Brine forfeited her right of being an option that day in the field. Pteron is the only other horse she knows, and he looked sad enough.
But Kalil. Kalil had been in the centre of her mind since the moment her eyes laid on his golden coat against the crystal blue water. He is exactly who she needs to see, who she feels best to talk to.
It had been a long while since they had spoken. She has grown from a naïve cub to a prospering lioness. Her body had filled, her proportions had balanced, her coat had developed a gloss that illuminated under the golden rays of the sun.
A black wing stretches and brushes the water rolling in lightly before snuggling back to her side for heat. Would he think to come here?
Ruthless
@[Kalil]