When Adonia learned of the mateship ceremony and the festival she was excited to say the least, however that excitement was stifled by the shear fact of knowing she was responsible for killing one of the farm animals. She wasn't naive to the fact that some of the farm animals were there for the purpose of food, but she never thought she would be responsible for being the killer. Yes, she'd killed before but it wasn't an animal she'd cared for. With a heavy sigh she looked out among the livestock trying to be the judge of who was to die. A lump formed in her throat as she knew what would probably be the one to go. Honestly, she would have been okay with killing the bull, but the bull needed to stay to produce calves from the cow. Her eyes drifted to the flock of sheep. They had plenty of sheep, but she feared that there wouldn't be enough to go around. Adonia already made up her mind that she wouldn't be eating especially if it were the sheep. She worked so hard on gaining their trust and now she had to be the one to slaughter one.
Slowly she made her way to the small flock. Climbing the fence a little she leaned over and looked at them all. Her eyes looking over each one and her lips pressed together as she took a deep inhale of farm fresh air. Finally, she knew which one was going to go. It was one of the rams. He wasn't the largest one of the group, but he wasn't the smallest either. He was a bit of a bully sometimes when it came to feeding time which was why the other one wasn't as hefty as him, so she figured he'd do. Still it broke her heart a little to have to do this. Again a heavy sigh came from her as she leaped over the fence, not bothering to use the gate. The sheep bleated and shuffled away but she quickly closed the gap and cornered them before she scattered them into two groups narrowed down until she captured the ram she wanted. Opening the fence she herded the ram out and guided him away from the flock and into the part of the barn where the horses couldn't see her. It was stupid but she didn't want any of the animals to see her kill the animal.
With a swift hard cut of the throat she did the deed. She stood as the ram fell. Now she had the task of taking the heavy male to the spot of the mateship ceremony. She knew what she'd use, a little trailer that sat at the side of the barn and Adela would be the one pulling the 350lb animal to the ceremony and festival spot. With that in mind she brought the trailer in and loaded the animal onto the trailer, then began to dress Adela up in her gear. Bringing her out of her stall she turned her around and backed her up to the trailer then hitched her to it. A smile came to Adonia for a moment letting her take her mind off of just killing something she took care of for months. It was sad, but she let it go trying not to think about the fact it wouldn't be the last time she had to kill one of her livestock.
She was soon off to the mateship ceremony and it wasn't too much longer that she was coming up and over to the group that had already began to form. Her eyes scanned the crowd looking for Ookami wondering if he was to be here. She missed her mate and she hadn't seen him much lately, something that was a little depressing to her. Her job had her very busy, and in fact she couldn't recall what job Ookami did for the pack but surely it was just as busying as hers since he barely had the time to come to the ranch. Out of the many faces that she saw there were only two that she knew well. One was Saul's and the other was Noah's. In fact she recognized Nayru's but she didn't know the leader that well but she knew the Ceremony was for her and her mate to be which she quickly assessed who this Gideon she heard so much about was.
Stopping a few feet away from the crowd she calmed Adela and whispered a soft command to here before she moved away and found a spot to seat quietly and reserved from the rest. She wanted to say hi to Saul but saw he was busy, then there was Noah, but left him alone not sure if he would even remember her. A light sigh came before she relaxed fully and began to wait patiently for the ceremony to begin.
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