SSWM Word Count → 228 :: Set right after "Path of the Scarred." Hopefully this is okay for you, Zyn! Didn't know what to write...
Tired, so tired… Vesper didn’t even know why she was so exhausted. As far as fights had gone, the attack on the blonde bitch hadn’t been particularly intense; not a lot of blood had been spilled on her end. Perhaps the frantic journey toward Ichika had tired her out more than she’d thought, however, and she realized now that she’d been hauling Kiara most of the way there. Tongue lolling from her wolfy secui jaws, she paused then dropped down onto the earth, panting and turning her head to look apologetically at X’yrin. Her Shepard had been signaled by her nameless owl companion to the scene of the chaos, drawing her student aside when it was apparent that the injured arctic wolf would be tended to by the others.
Vesper rested her muzzle briefly on her scraped forelegs. She wasn’t sure what to say yet, as only silence had passed between the pair as they’d walked somewhere more private. The coyote hadn’t wanted to be with the others when Kiara was being treated, despite her promises to be there with the arctic wolf. She prayed that Kiara wouldn’t need her, for the only way she could be of use was to help her through the terrifying transformation…
“I hope she wasn’t infected,” the exhausted fighter breathed, her voice hoarse. “She’ll recover from the cuts, but never from that…”
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