04-07-2019, 02:00 PM
Sierra claimed to understand, but she was too near to the trauma. “It’s okay, Sierra. I hate my uncle for what he did, but I love him also because he was my uncle. The Hidden Ones, fairies, revealed to me his lies, and when I confronted him, he confessed to the whole thing. The sun took its vengeance and he is punished eternally now,” he said. The words panged, twisted as Úlfar’s Trollstone grave.
He went on. “I do not command the wolves. At least, I do not think so. I merely showed them the truth as the Hidden Ones revealed it to me. They protect pack. We all protect pack. I understand that now.” The words paused, tongue rolling in his mouth just before he spit a wad of saliva tinged pink to the forest floor. His cheek ached like he’d bit it unknowingly.
“I do not know what they will do, but the taste of blood tinges my teeth, and I finally understand what Thorn Paw meant.” He tried to grasp her hands, hoping that she likewise grasped his words. “It is us against the world. The wolves, us, and them. I will not let anything happen to you again,” he said.
He went on. “I do not command the wolves. At least, I do not think so. I merely showed them the truth as the Hidden Ones revealed it to me. They protect pack. We all protect pack. I understand that now.” The words paused, tongue rolling in his mouth just before he spit a wad of saliva tinged pink to the forest floor. His cheek ached like he’d bit it unknowingly.
“I do not know what they will do, but the taste of blood tinges my teeth, and I finally understand what Thorn Paw meant.” He tried to grasp her hands, hoping that she likewise grasped his words. “It is us against the world. The wolves, us, and them. I will not let anything happen to you again,” he said.