He saw the pain, the blood and heard the screams. He was absolutely helpless. His sister was tied at the wrists, pinned up on a large bare tree. The attackers had stripped her and raped his poor sister, and big brother Aleo had to watch it all. He couldn't move. They held him back. They had completely tortured his sister. Made her bleed. Finally they slit her throat. An anguished cry escaped his lips as the life was sucked from his sister. "No!" He still couldn't do anything. The attackers did nothing to him, but there was nothing left to live for. His family was dead. Absolutely gone. And there was nothing he could do about it. They made him see everything, the images to forever haunt his soul....
Aleo bolted up from the sleeping furs, he was breathing heavily and his heart rate was wild. He glanced around at the area, the night remained calm and quiet and not a sound to be heard but his heart and breathing. It would be a horrible waste to try to go back to sleep, he would toss and turn and stay awake the whole night. When the dark male had calmed down, he got up and gathered dry wood around his feet, putting it all into a pile with some dry grass. He lit a small fire and nursed it to life and it flickered slowly to a large crackling fire. Now Aleo didn't know why he hung around Ichika, at first he didn't know why he wanted to make his home there. But when he had came across a group of women who lived there, there was this one...She was shy and the love for her pup seemed to kindle a fire in his heart. At least someone was happy. He sat back on the furs he had for a bed and let a small sigh escape. Somehow she had worked her way into his mind, maybe she reminded him of his sister. If he could, he would have tried to stay. But she wouldn't want him near her or her pup. He knew that he was too messed up for that. But She had survived. He had heard mention of her name a couple of times and that was when it came to mind. "Shiloh."
He whispered the name and thought, "Nah, she doesn't want me." It was a fairly pretty name.As the fire warmed him, he lay back in his furs and looked at the sky. The night sky was clear and many stars were twinkling in their funny subtle way.He closed his violet eyes and breathed in. At his side was his sword, it came in handy for many things. He had been attacked by a bear not too long ago, the wounds were pretty fresh on his chest. He handled it pretty well, 200 pounds of raw muscle kind of came in handy. Aleo was afraid that they were going to be infected. He was a fighter, not a healer. He knew nothing of healing herbs or things to help. Well at least he wore a bandage over it, he had torn a shirt and wrapped it carefully, wincing slightly when he tightened it. Just another lonely night in paradise....
The boy lay back on his bedding and sighed. He closed his eyes and just breathed, everything was alright, but it had come to a shock for him, as he had not very many friends.[/html]