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Suddenly, Skye heard a voice out in the distance call her name - it did twice within the same minute. It sounded like...like...no. She couldn't think about him anymore. He was gone, went away, left her because he didn't love her and never would, never would love her like she loved him. She couldn't think about him anymore, that would just cause more pain. But she could hear his voice calling out her name, for some reason...was it true? Or was her mind playing tricks on her? Was her nose playing tricks on her, too, as she scented the sweet smell of the coywolf? And did her ears play tricks, too, as she heard the desperate crunching of leaves and snow nearing towards her, like frantic footsteps...trying to find her?
She suddenly heard a soft voice next to her, and she dared open her eyes and turn her head, lifting it from her hands. It was true. Bangle, the coywolf that she had so easily fell in love with for who he was, had come back - or perhaps he had not truly left at all. A single word escaped his lips: 'Skye..."
She didn't want to trust him. Not now. She should have seen that he was going to leave...she should have seen that he didn't love her, that he never would love her. Oh, he'd love her, perhaps, she thought bitterly, like Shaw had loved Orin, but he would have just left and where would she be? Nowhere! She didn't want to trust him, but she loved him...the feelings tossed and turned in her mind, creating a tumultuous sea of emotions that couldn't be calmed. She just wanted to bolt away from the coywolf and into the night forever, but she knew that couldn't be the case. That wasn't the case. She couldn't run away from her duties as a co-leader now. She couldn't wallow in self-pity. She had to take charge of her life. And she started by looking Bangle in the eye.
"You left."
It wasn't an accusation, but a statement - he left. Or, he was going to. If she had never caught him in the act of trying to run away, would he have stayed at all? Or was this simply a show, an act, to get Skye off his back once and for all? Bitter feelings swept through her.
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