09-09-2009, 05:32 AM
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Thanks to Akumu for the table!
We should wrap this up and start thread #2 soon! >D
The hybrid woman was not one to abandon her family; even those she'd driven from her midst had seen the merciful side of Kaena. Had Vitium been anything but a Lykoi, he would have faced her Aquila's fangs and death for the treachery he showed that bright afternoon on the beach with that Aremys wolf. The hybrid woman would not allowed any other to simply see a scar and permanent exile. Still, it had been enough—Kaena had not seen her black-eyed son since his ejection from Inferni. She wondered still if she could trust him enough to remain alone with him for any amount of time; she wondered if she would not bring one of her loyal children to guard her back while in the traitor's presence. Maybe he still loved his mother, maybe not. Perhaps Kaena would never know.
There was a question from the other canine, and the coyote remained quiet for a moment, allowing it to sink in. She had not, not in the past—in the past she had even abandoned her own children, though she had at least given them a fighting chance. They were mostly wolves, they would pass for wolves until they were older, and by the time the pack figured them for coyotes they would either be too deeply ingrained into wolf lifestyle or able to defend themselves, one of the two. Still, the question struck on too familiar a territory—Kaena had known from the instant Eris came into this world she was Salvaged Eternity's child. There was no question; she was larger than her coyote brothers and sister and black as shadow. Kaena could have quite easily taken her life there in the darkness of the den, and no one would have known.
"Yes. My worst enemy, he gave me his child the night he died." she said. It was the truth, though a warped version of it. Kaena had never admitted Eris was the child of Sal, not even to her—it was a secret she thought fitting to take to her grave. Still, she had shown mercy to that shred of the Eternity man the night Eris was born—Kaena could have extinguished the life from his child very easily, and Eris had lived, and grown up, and betrayed her mother in a fashion rather fitting for her origin, Kaena thought sullenly. "I let her live," she added. Maybe it was only the fact that Eris was also Kaena's daughter that saved her; perhaps not. The hybrid woman had learned to value all children in recent years; they were young and that in itself was precious. Being around youth made the hybrid feel younger, herself.
The hybrid woman was not one to abandon her family; even those she'd driven from her midst had seen the merciful side of Kaena. Had Vitium been anything but a Lykoi, he would have faced her Aquila's fangs and death for the treachery he showed that bright afternoon on the beach with that Aremys wolf. The hybrid woman would not allowed any other to simply see a scar and permanent exile. Still, it had been enough—Kaena had not seen her black-eyed son since his ejection from Inferni. She wondered still if she could trust him enough to remain alone with him for any amount of time; she wondered if she would not bring one of her loyal children to guard her back while in the traitor's presence. Maybe he still loved his mother, maybe not. Perhaps Kaena would never know.
There was a question from the other canine, and the coyote remained quiet for a moment, allowing it to sink in. She had not, not in the past—in the past she had even abandoned her own children, though she had at least given them a fighting chance. They were mostly wolves, they would pass for wolves until they were older, and by the time the pack figured them for coyotes they would either be too deeply ingrained into wolf lifestyle or able to defend themselves, one of the two. Still, the question struck on too familiar a territory—Kaena had known from the instant Eris came into this world she was Salvaged Eternity's child. There was no question; she was larger than her coyote brothers and sister and black as shadow. Kaena could have quite easily taken her life there in the darkness of the den, and no one would have known.
"Yes. My worst enemy, he gave me his child the night he died." she said. It was the truth, though a warped version of it. Kaena had never admitted Eris was the child of Sal, not even to her—it was a secret she thought fitting to take to her grave. Still, she had shown mercy to that shred of the Eternity man the night Eris was born—Kaena could have extinguished the life from his child very easily, and Eris had lived, and grown up, and betrayed her mother in a fashion rather fitting for her origin, Kaena thought sullenly. "I let her live," she added. Maybe it was only the fact that Eris was also Kaena's daughter that saved her; perhaps not. The hybrid woman had learned to value all children in recent years; they were young and that in itself was precious. Being around youth made the hybrid feel younger, herself.