Whatever strength she might have once held was evaporated, sliding to nothingness through the rise of twisted and sharp anxiety rolling through her guts, slicing and shredding them. There were no signs of confidence within the dark woman; her chartreuse-shaded eyes were wide with fear and worry, her coal-shaded ears pressed firmly into the thick tangle of unkempt hair atop her head. She could not suppress a whimper as it rose from her throat, soft and childish. There was no canorous quality to it; the soft and whining sound rattled and shook as it filled the cave. A trembling had begun in the sable wolf and she could not stifle it away.
“Wretch didn't come back tonight,” she said as soon as his Halloween eyes had opened, her voice sounding stronger than she thought it might, a tiny blessing in an otherwise harrowing time. There was hesitation in her, as if she feared this strength in her voice would fade away quickly, and she swallowed dryly, ears still folded nearly flat. “She's not in the caves. I looked,” she added, and as she feared, whatever confidence was in her voice the first time she spoke had disappeared, leaving her with the small and frightened voice of a child.
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