here we go! wc: 410
Skye couldn't believe she had been so ridiculously stupid. She sat in the middle of Ethereal Eclipse, just as dusk was approaching. The stars were coming out one by one, and the log she sat on was covered in snow that glistened beautifully in the crystalline light. But she didn't notice, didn't care. She sat with her head in her hands, and tears were silently rolling down her face. How had the day come to this? How had it all come to this? First, everything was fine... then... the thing with Shawchert... and the fight... and Bangle...
Bangle...she always knew he'd leave, in the end. But she thought...he would at least tell her before going. He had been trying to sneak away, had been trying to be secretive about it, and she knew why. She was nothing special to him, just another woman in his life. There had probably been so many in his life he didn't know how to count them all. She was nothing special at all, and she was stupid for thinking she was. He had yelled at her, asked her for a reason to stay, and what had she blurted out?!
That she loved him?!
In the time between meeting him and the scene at the lake, they had been together a lot - had become almost best friends in that time. And something had grown in there, and Skye...Skye grew to love the coywolf, and now he was leaving her. She wasn't special to him and she never would be...but he would always be special to her.
It didn't matter now. None of that mattered now. She could imagine the disgust and disbelief on the usually happy Bangle's face, could imagine him packing the rest of his things and leaving Cercatori d'Arte, the pack, her pack, forever. He would never come back, and she would never see him again, because she should have known that he didn't love her and never would have. It was just one of the games that he played...that his type played...and she couldn't believe herself, couldn't believe that she let herself become a pawn in that game. She thought she was tougher and stronger and smarter than that.
Well, obviously not. Obviously she was just stupid. She sighed, and puffs of white air rose from her mouth, rising up with the dancing fireflies.
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