The woman shoved his arm forward to demonstrate to the stranger. He grunted to show his discomfort but bit back any curt responses to his mistress. He was already in hot water for losing track of his niece, and his lack of humility before the two high ranking canines. But it was a crisis and he could hardly be faulted when his mood was so clearly distraught. He had lost her, he had lost Yvette. He had not promised Evangaline to her face that he would take care of her remaining daughter, but he had promised himself and the young pup that he would watch out for them both. And he had failed. Gale swallowed hard as the dark woman's features shifted from understanding his panicked situation and turned dark as the skies above them.
"Domina," he said softly in submission to her order. It was really an order for both him and the Associate, who would be there as an anchor for the small woman. Gale did not reach out to touch the other woman, to hold onto her arm to keep her on her feet the rest of the journey. Siv wanted them to split up, that would only make sense with the amount of ground to cover.
They had to go out, and Siv turned herself toward the wind and weather. Gale braced himself, flexing his arms and chest in anticipation of the wind buffeting him in the face with wind and debris. Carefully, he set himself in front of the smaller woman to act as a windbreaker of sorts. "Domina, we have to hurry. She could be sucked under!" he yelled into the wind, knowing the pup was likely to be sucked under, small as she was. The ground was mud and there seemed to be nothing dry left. "May we split up?"
Image credited to RomeCabs. Table style inspired by Kitty.
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