Piercing green eyes held the she-wolf captive. They revived something deep within the creature that had become nothing more than a hollow husk. A flicker of hope, remembrance of better days when her life had known of happiness and contentment in the companionship of another. Before and after she had been a creature of solitude, but as such she did little more than simply existed. It was only in the time she had once shared with the tiger that she felt as if she truly lived and that her life held any amount of importance at all. Yet, it had been her, and not he, that had walked away on that day long ago. A day she had regretted since, but had been too stubborn or determined to try and turn it around. Instead she had left it in the hands of fate.
Star felt as if she were trapped within a dream, time seeming to stand still as she awaited some response from the tiger. Her heart pounded in her chest as a sort of fear began to creep over her. Fear of having been unforgiven, or worse, unforgiven. It had only been in her dreams that she had seen the tiger in the many years since her departure from the souls' territory. Though, they were never like this. No, in her dreams he had arrived like some great hero, saving her from the ravagings of the father she had once sought. This night was more of a nightmare in comparison.
It seemed an eternity before he finally spoke, though it was but a mere moment. The words were crushing, having quickly forgotten that time had not been kind to either of them and that she hardly resembled the wolf she had once been in her youth. Ears fell flat against her head. Giving a knowing nod as her head drooped ground-ward. "You have.. forgotten." Words spoken barely above a whisper. There was hurt, a pain she had forgotten could exist. An ache that grew from in the inside out and felt as if it was easily devour her. She could not find the words, nor bring herself to speak them, to explain who she was.
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