The mansion was a foreign and strange place to Kaena. She had not spent very much of her time in Inferni here; the most time spent was with Halo, and even then, they had not visited the woman's room so often. Now the hybrid lived here, and it seemed it would be permanent. She did not dislike this place, of course -- it was quiet in the particular wing she had settled into, and a fair sight warmer and more comfortable than her caves. The warmth and softness of a proper bed was something the coyote woman had understimated, and her bones and joints felt less stiff and achey than they had in many months.
This did not change that she felt spurned, turned away from her clan and shamed in front of them all. She had not been adventurous these last few weeks; instead, she had withdrawn to the mansion, busying herself with the slow move between her cave and this place. The hybrid would not move back to the caves when spring came around again -- shoved away as she felt, her pride would allow her to admit that it was more comfortable here. It had taken some time to get used to the creak and groan of the old house; there was certainly no canorous nature to these sounds, which had jarred her awake in the odd hours of the morning several times over the past few weeks.
There was one saving grace to this banishment -- she was closer to Halo than she had been before, and now that they lived in close proximity to one another, the old hybrid had no reason not to visit her granddaughter. She had spoken to Halo and Halo alone of what had happened and how she felt about this. The silvery coyote's sable ear flicked at a noise within the mansion, and she turned her head to the door, watching as her door slid open. It had been cracked, as was her habit, and she waited, fearless here -- there was no one crazy or stupid enough to march into the D'Neville. His scent entered her nose, and she waited, expectant and uncertain. The anger had faded from her, but she felt a sharp stab of it now, coupled with shame and embarrassment.
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