Zalen hung his head low, and had he not been so angry, tears would have gathered in the onyx corners of his eyes. He felt useless, felt like he had failed Fayne in not being able to protect her. Why had she wandered so far from packlands, so far that he could not have heard her cries? He would have come in an instant, rage incarnate, to protect her honor and body. But it had not been so, she had limped back to New Dawn, bleeding at the teeth of a dog.
A voice suddenly came to him, and for a split moment he believed it to be Ruby’s, but olive eyes shot up to look into those of his Gamma, Shandom… He said in slight shock, and then, eyes glancing over to see his ancestor’s ghost, who looked at the white wolf curiously, Do not be afraid, she is harmless. He took several steps forward, not bothering to even try and be dominant in front of the ivory male; he just did not have the strength or where withal within him.
Instead, Zalen walked towards his consul and rubbed the top of his head under the male’s chin, a sign of subordination and discomfort. Zalen had not done such a thing before any except towards his mate. But he needed Shandom’s comfort and guidance and trusted the man enough to give him that without judgment. A long, winded and eerie whine was then released from Ruby’s visage as she watched her great-grandson crumble before her.
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