A Guiding Light

Mati Church · 04-21-2010, 03:08 PM

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A finger traced her brow, drawing the wave of fur away to join the rest that cascaded around her neck and past her shoulders. It was light out, the bright raze of the sun filtered from the beyond, past the trees that lined the horizon, through the newborn grasses, and finally through the transparent panes of glass of her windows. It hit her face, bringing spots to her open eyes and telling her that morning had finally come. There were shadows below her eyes, aches in her body as she lifted herself from the bed to sit and look out the window she had been staring through for hours. Folding her hands in her lap the Church wolfess was reminded of the cloths that had been messily tied there. Her mother was no healer, and even more squeamish at the sight of blood. But they had done their job, the bleeding stopping quickly.

Her raw wounds did not hold her thoughts, and her frown deepened as she stood. Anu had wished that she did not sleep alone, and Mati hadn’t wanted it either. But she refused her mother’s request and didn’t sleep in her room or allow the elder female to sit beside in the sunroom as she fought for sleep’s relief. She pictured the scene, following the rescuers back to the Manor, watching as they took her away. She was all right, and she would be fine and heal in time. Still Mati found that she had lingered in front of the door that closed off the room she stayed in. She had sat beside it in the dead of night, only to retreat back to her own bed where she lay awake until dawn.

Walking to the door, Mati cringed as she grasped the handle and turned it. It was quiet in the large house, many likely still deep in slumber, and she walked slowly and without a sound in the hopes of letting them sleep a bit longer. Her paws knew the route perfectly now, and it took only a few moments for her to reach the room. Cambria’s scent wafted from the crack under the door, and Mati felt her heart flutter and then sink instantly. Her ears turned to search for any signs of life from beyond the wood panels, and she closed her eyes. They opened with a snap; the memories that came to her were the same ones that kept her up all night long. She couldn’t hear anything, and her courage grew and she reached for the doorknob slowly. The door cracked, and Mati opened it slowly and carefully to keep it from squeaking.

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