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Anu stood by the tree, her thoughts causing a great stress on her shoulders, seeping into her chest and overwhelming her heart. It beat quickly, and she found it hard to breath so suddenly. Her blue eyes closed, sealed shut tightly as she willed the feelings away.
Slowly, it receded. Going back to where it came from, back into a shadow that follow her. The wolfess knew what she needed to do in order to keep it at bay, but she had not yet been able to find the remedy that would dismiss it completely. She opened her eyes, looking into the foliage of the apple tree. She watched the small round bud that would someday be a red or green apple.
Thoughts of Crimson Dreams, memories of her friend and the family that she had there only caused the shadow to encroach onto the lightened portion of herself. The visions of what had been diminished the pure freedoms of the present, they caused her to panic to feel unsafe in a world that had yet to prove to her that it was a threat.
Unable to tear herself away from the visual that rooted her, the gray muzzled woman stood still. She listened to the birds, finches calling for their mate, and clung to that hoping it would bring her further from the shadows.
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