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It had been some time since she'd left Nova Scotia. It still stung inside to have left Myrddin behind, but he'd been a sort of link back home. If she'd taken him with her, she probably would never have returned. Now, with Lena and Cody in tow, she felt ready to come back and seek forgiveness for leaving her mate and son, her pack, like she'd done.
In her lupus form, with her two pups flanking her, Cody leading Lena through the unfamilliar area, she approached the borders of her old home. She wouldn't rejoin. She didn't feel at home here anymore. The dangerous air of both Argul and Liam still chilled her to the core and she wouldn't ever feel safe here again, not as long as Liam survived. Still, she wanted to let Taliesin know she hadn't left with the intentions to hurt him. She'd found what she'd been looking for; a way for Lena to live comfortably.
The young girl now wore a blindfold, a wrap around her eyes to show off that she was blind. She wasn't allowed to wear it often, but on days when Sky and Cody were by her side, protecting her, it was more comfortable to wear it than to not- the light of the sun hurt her eyes.
The half family reached the borders and Sky sat, her children following her example in a neat row. "Ease yourselves, kids. It's time we found your father and brother." Both looked her way, hiding their excitement. "Now, all together."
The three tossed back their heads in a chorus of howls, two beautiful and the third a touch more dog-like. Still, the trio were obvious to have beautiful voices, though Cody's was less inclined to music. The howls faded into the air as the three settled down to wait, Lena leaning against her mother and Cody flanking her on the other side. She'd never admit it, but Sky was excited; she'd missed Taliesin and Myrddin more than any of her old packmates. Her family. Surely they'd be happy to see her and the kids as well.
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He was cultivating the garlic and checking some of the pther plants in the garden, teaching Myrddin about them all. His boy had a natural talent for learning, he was quicker than any child Tal had known, except maybe Tameri. Even now, the boy was pestering him for more knowledge, more learning tools. Sky would have been proud. It seemd like a lifetime the wolfdog had left her mate and son, though perhaps it hadn't been as long as he thought. At the thought of his once mate, he thought he heard her voice. Myrddin looked up, his ears going back. "Poppa, thats her." Tal flinched at his son's sweet baritone. He had hoped that the voice was a figment of his imagination. As he realized that the voice was combined with two others, he glanced at Myrddin. They both, without a word, began a brisk walk to the border. Well, at any rate, it began as a walk and ended as a sprint. Both males were eager to see the little members of the trio. The oldest of the trio, not so much. After all, Sky had abandoned Myrddin. In the time she'd been gone, Tal had stiffened his upper lip and gone ahead with raising his son as a single father. They arrived, Tal taking a moment to lift his hand to his still bruised ribs, broken by Liam weeks ago, shortly after Sky had left the two males. Myrddin charged ahead to greet his siblings, avoiding his mother as much as physically possible. Tal watched the pups, then turned a gaze to Sky. Part of him wanted to rush to her. Part of him cruelly reminded himself that she had done the same thing to Shawchert emotionally. Shawchert and left and come back to expect her to be waiting. Now it seemed to be her turn to find a closed heart on arrival. He glanced at Orin, who he hadn't noticed until she spoke. His voice was cold and distant as he spoke sharply. "Thought I'd killed her? No. She left us." He caught Myrddin's mismatched gaze meeting his own. Myrddin's soft voice said one soft pleading word. "Poppa." Tal nodded, and Myrddin glanced at his siblings, then padded back to his father's side. Myrddin had no interest in his mother. Afterall, she had taken his sister and brother, and left him. She hadn't loved him enough to take him. .talleftmark b {font-weight:bold; color:#d1bfd7;} .talleftmark p {text-indent:0px; padding:5px 15px; margin:0px;} .talleftmark {margin:0 auto; width:350px; background-color:#000000; background-image:url(http://i55.tinypic.com/e7feid.png); background-position:bottom center; background-repeat:no-repeat; border:1px solid #c0c0c0; outline:1px solid #000000; padding: 0px 0px 140px 4px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size:12px; color:#ffffff; text-shadow: 0.1em 0.1em 0.2em #;letter-spacing:.6px; word-spacing:.9x; line-height:13px; text-align:justify;} </style> wc: 000
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She heard the howl and immediately, without her meaning to, her ears flattened and her tail lashed once. The woman who had howled had abandoned her mate, abandoned her pack, had stolen away the children of a caring father, had stolen away hope from the lands which she now dared stand at. Skye, dressed in nothing but her belt which held her dagger, and appearing as nothing but a lean, muscled alpha, made her way to the border, not sure what to expect. What she got is what she had heard, however - Sky and the two pups that she had taken away from Taliesin. She also saw Orin, who was simply staring in shock at the female - and Taliesin as well, who said what she was thinking. Said what was the truth. Skye looked at Sky coolly and indifferently, her tail raised high and standing quite straight and tall. "She did," she said in reply to Taliesin's words. She left and stole two of Taliesin's children away from him, left her pack, left her family. Skye wondered what the woman would have to say in the face of her pack. Your the only one who saves me from myself, I abandoned this love and laid it to rest, And now I'm one of the forgotten Image courtesy of auensen <style>.GR2_Skye3 p {padding:0px 15px 5px 15px; margin:0px; text-indent:25px;} .GR2_Skye3 b {font-family:verdana; color:#2b4131; margin:5px; font-size:10px; font-weight:bold; letter-spacing:1px;} .GR2_Skye3 {background-color:#d9dccb; font-family:verdana; font-size:10px; color:#7a8476; line-height:12px; width:500px; text-align:justify; background-image:url(http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/3425/atable17.jpg); background-position:top center; background-repeat:no-repeat; padding:210px 0px 5px 0px; border:5px solid #7a8476; margin:0 auto; border-radius:18px; -moz-border-radius:18px; -webkit-border-radius:18px; box-shadow:2px 2px 3px #1d1d1d; -moz-box-shadow:2px 2px 3px #1d1d1d; -webkit-box-shadow:2px 2px 3px #1d1d1d;} .GR2_Skye3 .inner {margin:0 10px; background-image:url(http://img857.imageshack.us/img857/4346/21bn0ba.png); border-radius:10px; border:2px solid #7a8476; } .GR2_Skye3 .name {text-align:center; font-family:Alegreya SC; font-size:65px; text-shadow:#102015 1px 1px 1px; padding:0px 15px 0px 15px; line-height:33px; letter-spacing:1px;} .GR2_Skye3 .lyrics {color:#2b4131; text-align:center; font-family:Alegreya SC; font-size:13px; padding:0px 15px 0px 15px; line-height:10px; letter-spacing:1px; } .GR2_Skye3 .ooc {text-align:center; font-family:verdana; color:#102015; font-size:9px; border-bottom:2px dotted #7a8476; padding:5px 15px 0px 15px; } p.template-credit {text-indent:0px; text-align:center; font-size:10px; font-style:italic; width:425px; text-align:center; margin:0px auto;}</style>
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Skye stood straight and tall as the female addressed her first, although she heard no respect in the voice. Not here to come back to d'Arte - she thought as much. She did not, however, care for the flippant tone that she spoke to her with, the disrespect that she gave the pack that had housed her and fed her while she showed no respect. Skye curled her lip, exposing her fangs, but allowed Sky to complete her speeches to the others that she had walked away from without a word. What happened next, however, lit the fire in Skye's eyes and she let out a loud snarl that even Sky's new and disrespectful tone could not ignore. She saw what Sky was trying to say. She saw what she was implying behind those eyes. She stepped forward, in front of Taliesin and Orin and Myrddin so that she was face to face with Sky. "You," she growled lowly, dangerous tones, "abandoned us. You left us without a word, abandoned the pack and stole away Taliesin's own family without saying anything to him. You made yourself a loner, a rogue - you exiled yourself from these lands, and you dare," she snarled, her voice now raised in anger and hostility, "you dare to disrespect me and my lands like this?" She stepped forward again, unsheathing her claws and her dagger and now ferociously baring her teeth at Sky. She and her pack had been abandoned too many times for this girl to come back and disrespect her leadership, to soil her lands with her traitorous mouth. "If you, a mere loner, cannot show a shred of respect that is owed to the alpha of the lands you walk on," she snarled, "if you cannot fathom the respect that you owe and have owed yet neglected, then you may not enter these lands any longer. Do I make myself clear?" The female was an image of rage now - fire in her eyes, her hand on her dagger, and every inch of teeth showing from her mouth, she would not stand for this disrespect any longer. Any more resistance would be met with a knife. Your the only one who saves me from myself, I abandoned this love and laid it to rest, And now I'm one of the forgotten Image courtesy of auensen <style>.GR2_Skye3 p {padding:0px 15px 5px 15px; margin:0px; text-indent:25px;} .GR2_Skye3 b {font-family:verdana; color:#2b4131; margin:5px; font-size:10px; font-weight:bold; letter-spacing:1px;} .GR2_Skye3 {background-color:#d9dccb; font-family:verdana; font-size:10px; color:#7a8476; line-height:12px; width:500px; text-align:justify; background-image:url(http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/3425/atable17.jpg); background-position:top center; background-repeat:no-repeat; padding:210px 0px 5px 0px; border:5px solid #7a8476; margin:0 auto; border-radius:18px; -moz-border-radius:18px; -webkit-border-radius:18px; box-shadow:2px 2px 3px #1d1d1d; -moz-box-shadow:2px 2px 3px #1d1d1d; -webkit-box-shadow:2px 2px 3px #1d1d1d;} .GR2_Skye3 .inner {margin:0 10px; background-image:url(http://img857.imageshack.us/img857/4346/21bn0ba.png); border-radius:10px; border:2px solid #7a8476; } .GR2_Skye3 .name {text-align:center; font-family:Alegreya SC; font-size:65px; text-shadow:#102015 1px 1px 1px; padding:0px 15px 0px 15px; line-height:33px; letter-spacing:1px;} .GR2_Skye3 .lyrics {color:#2b4131; text-align:center; font-family:Alegreya SC; font-size:13px; padding:0px 15px 0px 15px; line-height:10px; letter-spacing:1px; } .GR2_Skye3 .ooc {text-align:center; font-family:verdana; color:#102015; font-size:9px; border-bottom:2px dotted #7a8476; padding:5px 15px 0px 15px; } p.template-credit {text-indent:0px; text-align:center; font-size:10px; font-style:italic; width:425px; text-align:center; margin:0px auto;}</style>
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The woman quickly shifted and Skye withdrew her dagger fully. Her form was wiry and muscled, and although she was not as hulking as Sky, she was undoubtedly quicker - she herself had been in fights as well, fights to defend her borders, and her and her knife were not a force to be reckoned with, as this arrogant and disrespectful woman before her would quickly learn. "Coming from the dirty mouth of a useless traitor," she snarled, anger and violence in her eyes now. Sky herself had also sworn to protect the pack and she had done no better a job protecting it from the vermin Liam within her own home no less. She had done nothing to protect it. She scorned her leaders, threatened her members, yes, but protection? She never lifted a single claw to protect the lands that Skye stood on - all that the pathetic woman had done for the pack was run away from it. The female bristled as the loner dared to pretend that she was an ounce more powerful on these lands than she. Her muscles coiled under cream-colored fur; she lifted her sharp dagger and stared at Sky, stared right into her traitorous and cowardly soul. "Leave," she snarled lowly - a warning. "Leave and never return to these lands. Leave and you won't meet the wrath of my knife." Oh, Sky may underestimate the cream-colored leader, but that would only give the alphess the upper hand in the fight. That would only spring the element of surprise on this woman, should she choose to make the idiotic choice of fighting with the alpha of the lands she stood on. "You run away like a coward from here, you steal away an innocent man's pups, you scorn me, you scorn the pack, and now you will never return here or I will ensure that your tongue never makes impudent and empty threats again." Sky was done giving orders to the pack of Cercatori d'Arte. Sky was done dressing up in a leader's fur and parading around weakly. Sky was done pretending that she had any power on these lands. Your the only one who saves me from myself, I abandoned this love and laid it to rest, And now I'm one of the forgotten Image courtesy of auensen <style>.GR2_Skye3 p {padding:0px 15px 5px 15px; margin:0px; text-indent:25px;} .GR2_Skye3 b {font-family:verdana; color:#2b4131; margin:5px; font-size:10px; font-weight:bold; letter-spacing:1px;} .GR2_Skye3 {background-color:#d9dccb; font-family:verdana; font-size:10px; color:#7a8476; line-height:12px; width:500px; text-align:justify; background-image:url(http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/3425/atable17.jpg); background-position:top center; background-repeat:no-repeat; padding:210px 0px 5px 0px; border:5px solid #7a8476; margin:0 auto; border-radius:18px; -moz-border-radius:18px; -webkit-border-radius:18px; box-shadow:2px 2px 3px #1d1d1d; -moz-box-shadow:2px 2px 3px #1d1d1d; -webkit-box-shadow:2px 2px 3px #1d1d1d;} .GR2_Skye3 .inner {margin:0 10px; background-image:url(http://img857.imageshack.us/img857/4346/21bn0ba.png); border-radius:10px; border:2px solid #7a8476; } .GR2_Skye3 .name {text-align:center; font-family:Alegreya SC; font-size:65px; text-shadow:#102015 1px 1px 1px; padding:0px 15px 0px 15px; line-height:33px; letter-spacing:1px;} .GR2_Skye3 .lyrics {color:#2b4131; text-align:center; font-family:Alegreya SC; font-size:13px; padding:0px 15px 0px 15px; line-height:10px; letter-spacing:1px; } .GR2_Skye3 .ooc {text-align:center; font-family:verdana; color:#102015; font-size:9px; border-bottom:2px dotted #7a8476; padding:5px 15px 0px 15px; } p.template-credit {text-indent:0px; text-align:center; font-size:10px; font-style:italic; width:425px; text-align:center; margin:0px auto;}</style>
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It was only a vague interest that had her coming so close to this meeting, obviously the call had not been for her but she drifted by anyway just to make sure everything was okay. There were heated elements she could tell that much from the raised voices and anger that permeated the air, the woman on the outside must have done something to upset either Skye or Taliesin, perhaps a grievance of some sort against another member. She moved a bit closer, remaining in the background as wary back up in case things got nasty and the indistinct mumble of voices became clear. What this Sky woman was insinuating of Skye had her fur bristling and set her teeth on edge. Worse were the crimes held up for the woman. Kidnapping and disrespect, leaving without a word and for apparently selfish reasons. At least Jace had let her leader and friends know she was going and had left for the reason of protecting her family. Her dislike of Sky intensified and as it became clear the woman were going to come to blows Jace moved closer still. Enough that she was a viable entry in the fight that was about to unfold. Unlike Orin or Taliesin who seemed to have an emotional attachment with the woman, Jace would have no problem injuring or even killing her if it came to that, if she refused to listen to good advice and get the fuck out of here. Her hand lay close to the short sword at her hip, ever to temped to drag it from its protective sheath. The loner was lower even than she who was only at the starting rank and so Jace displayed her teeth and let her tail curl up, the fur on her spine bristling, she was more dominant than this exile, here in the pack where it mattered. A loner's displays didn't threaten her, didn't matter at all. .Jace-Poison p {padding:0px 10px 10px 10px; margin:0px; text-indent:30px;} .Jace-Poison b {color:#753726; text-shadow:#753726 0px 0px 4px;} .Jace-Poison-b {width:361px; border:1px solid #000000; margin:0px auto; font-family: verdana; font-size:12px;} .Jace-Poison-header {font-family:tempus sans itc, serif; color:#753726; text-shadow:#753726 0px 0px 4px; float: right; margin:5px; text-transform:uppercase; font-size:15px; font-weight:bold; letter-spacing:1px;} .Jace-Poison-ooc {font-family:vivian; font-size:11px; letter-spacing:.4px; font-style:italic; } .Jace-Poison {background-color:#edd9b8; padding:0px 0px 10px 0px; border:1px solid #FFFFFF; font-family: trebuchet ms; font-size:12px; color:#000000; letter-spacing:.3px; word-spacing:2px; line-height:14px; width:359px; text-align:justify; background-image:url(http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/5919/jacei.png); background-position:bottom center; background-repeat:no-repeat; padding:10px 0px 310px 0px; } </style>
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She felt a presence - Jace. If the worthless traitor decided to try anything, she would have no choice but to die. She snorted as the coward uttered empty words. She thought that Shaw brought justice to Argul? Skye had no interest in correcting the dolt that dared cross the leader on her own lands - her own ignorance was her problem, not Skye's or anyone else's. She knew that one day, she would step too far and get herself - and her pups - killed. But that was none of Skye's concern, nor was the empty threat that she ignored from the woman. If Sky wanted to threaten the pack, then fine - Skye would make sure that that very threat would be eliminated if she ever saw her again. Skye barked out a laugh as the female turned tail - running away again, like the useless coward she was. Whining about Skye not protecting the pack, and what does she do? Run away, again. She never protected the pack. She only weakened it. "Run, coward, run!" she yowled after the traitor who came back to what would have been her family - if only she hadn't threatened its very safety only moments ago. "Take your empty threats with you - come back here again and you will meet my blade!" She did not care if Sky heeded her words - in fact, having her return would only give the creamy female a chance to slice her in half like the coward deserved. Sky could delude herself with thinking that she could attempt to bring down the leader of the pack, but Skye knew that she had won. And the coward? She was a loner now, however, a loner not worth thinking about any longer; she waited a moment, giving Taliesin, Myrddin, Orin, Jace, all a chance to take in what they had seen. Your the only one who saves me from myself, I abandoned this love and laid it to rest, And now I'm one of the forgotten Image courtesy of auensen <style>.GR2_Skye3 p {padding:0px 15px 5px 15px; margin:0px; text-indent:25px;} .GR2_Skye3 b {font-family:verdana; color:#2b4131; margin:5px; font-size:10px; font-weight:bold; letter-spacing:1px;} .GR2_Skye3 {background-color:#d9dccb; font-family:verdana; font-size:10px; color:#7a8476; line-height:12px; width:500px; text-align:justify; background-image:url(http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/3425/atable17.jpg); background-position:top center; background-repeat:no-repeat; padding:210px 0px 5px 0px; border:5px solid #7a8476; margin:0 auto; border-radius:18px; -moz-border-radius:18px; -webkit-border-radius:18px; box-shadow:2px 2px 3px #1d1d1d; -moz-box-shadow:2px 2px 3px #1d1d1d; -webkit-box-shadow:2px 2px 3px #1d1d1d;} .GR2_Skye3 .inner {margin:0 10px; background-image:url(http://img857.imageshack.us/img857/4346/21bn0ba.png); border-radius:10px; border:2px solid #7a8476; } .GR2_Skye3 .name {text-align:center; font-family:Alegreya SC; font-size:65px; text-shadow:#102015 1px 1px 1px; padding:0px 15px 0px 15px; line-height:33px; letter-spacing:1px;} .GR2_Skye3 .lyrics {color:#2b4131; text-align:center; font-family:Alegreya SC; font-size:13px; padding:0px 15px 0px 15px; line-height:10px; letter-spacing:1px; } .GR2_Skye3 .ooc {text-align:center; font-family:verdana; color:#102015; font-size:9px; border-bottom:2px dotted #7a8476; padding:5px 15px 0px 15px; } p.template-credit {text-indent:0px; text-align:center; font-size:10px; font-style:italic; width:425px; text-align:center; margin:0px auto;}</style>
04-22-2012, 05:32 PM
He watched as myrddin slipped behind him, their eyes meeting. Tal felt a familiar heartache as his once mate spoke, speaking of why she had left. He stayed silent. He stayed silent through her speech about why she had left, about why Cody and Lena hadn't been left here. He flinched as myrddins clear voice sounded. " You lie. You left me and you left poppa. But worse than that, you left tammi. I hate you for it Sky."
Tal felt torn only for a moment. Yet his loyalty was to the pack, had been to the pack before Sky, and would be to the pack long after the scars on his heart had healed over. He closed his eyes as the women exchanged heated words. Her summoning howl was met with a curse as Tal turned his back to the border. Perhaps forgiveness would come for the woman in time, but her words of the leader were unforgivable. It had not been Skye's fault that Liam had killed tameri, nor had it been her fault that he had been attacked in Halifax. In fact, if Sky had not had left, Tal would not have been out looking for his former mate. He closed his eyes for a moment, then opened them again, his gaze seeking out the eyes of the leader. "I will guard the borders from her as well as I do Liam. She is no longer welcome in my life. I will not abandon the pack or the leader that has done everything to keep my loyalty." He leaned down to scratch myrddins head, the boy leaning into his fathers caress. |