Dark fur traveled aimlessy beneath darkening heavens. Soft sighs escaping trembling lips and enclosed teeth filled jaws. If anyone asks, it was from cold, not sadness. Away from the cave and ex-pack Niiry was stailling in its heistant steps that didn't look like they were held back by fury of feelings thumbling in suddendly small, very small and closed of soul. Every new patch of ground he went over was victorious, less pained, more determinded in order to get further from this place.
"Niiry! Niiry!" hushed callings spilled over limping wolf's path.
Maybe he would stop, turn around and answer, but he didn't want to think at the moment thus not doing anything besides listening orders of his body.
"Niiry, wait!"came forth stronger now with tinge of desparation.
Order came-mindless wolf complied.
Hurried steps caught up to form frozen in place or thought. Golden orbs wide with fear, voice heavy with regret sounded from close by, unnneed worry rolling over hunched neck in quick breaths. Lithe female with creamy coat looked at him closely, opening her maw, talking to willingly deaf man.
"Niiry listen to me!" urgency was there, she had been telling him something important, but he didn't bother to process it while noting her fear was caused by being absent from den, probably breaking the rules by searching him down rather then his unfortunate destiny of trying to survive cold months on his own.
"I don't want to know how hard it is for you that I am leaving after you brought me there, told me you'll have my back, that I won't be one against the rest of them. I may be a wolf. Still! I am afraid of walking in ones mouth" bitterness hid rage as he stared her down, three colors clashing, gold, green, blue; gold winning cause there are two, neither single.
"Okay! Yes, that... I mean this-this ended badly. But did you really trust me that unbelieveablly and unreasonablly much that you thought just my sole existence could stop them. They love me and take my opinion seriously, however I am not always that influencing. Plus they are my family I couldn-"
"Yes they are your family and you are theirs, the only orphan there was me,huh?!" fog puffed from their mouths announcing that air temperature dropped even with heat rising between the two. "They took me in as their own right? Daughter's dear new friend with nowhere to go. Sadly I tried to play those damned cards once again, to put trust in your ways. I was stupid to do so. Look where it got me; nowhere. Oh, irony" he added grimly after session of harsh whispers, acussatory words also some unwanted memories.
"I am not a magician Niiry! " she tried to defend, but came to a halt as she glanced at Niiry who seemed done and defeated even without her continuing.
"Sorry...I am sorry for-"
"Harsh words and false promisies ,yeah. Figured as much" he cute her off, starting to move again, there was a horizont to cross.
"Go west. Ask for pack Hurry, they might fancy you" softly she spoke, cold last words left her before she realized, so she put her gaze down in shame, hoping he won't be too stuborrn.
Blue and green eye washed over creamy female not telling much except disgust: "To trust you again?"
Their goodbye was opposite of happy meeting they had had few months ago when they have befriended not minding his back right leg which now dragged in dirt that waited for storm to destory it and to soak it and to bring it back together.