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Ezekiel de le Poer · 04-28-2011, 12:30 AM

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For the past hour, Ezekiel had been running.

He was much like his father in this way. Ezekiel ran from the things that he did not wish to face; he had been running from his duties and from the fear that had crept into his blood. Now he ran because he did not wish to face what Enkiel had warned him of days ago. Now, after miles of earth and miles of silence, he was left to face the thing he never believed would come to pass. Panting, tongue lolling, the coyote shut his eyes and felt his legs tremble from the exertion of the run. Yet even after all this, he couldn’t outrun the truth.

Pain shot up his legs, but there was nothing he could do but walk it off. He was not the sort to ask for medicine unless it was needed. Windswept hair tumbled about his face as he began to make the trek back towards the caves. If he had been hurting more, he might have called for Viggo. Instead the coyote walked the last mile home, his mind racing. The impossible task he had been presented with seemed like too much. Why him? Why not Halo, why not someone else?

Because I need someone who will not fall apart, Gabriel had answered him. Like it or not, Ezekiel knew this was true. He liked Halo, but she was a wild animal. Talitha could not do it—she would not. So that left Gabriel’s eldest son with the task he had never wished for. He was so caught up in his thoughts that it wasn’t until he was only a few feet away that he spotted his sister. The blonde froze, cautious even now of what his unpredictable (and more recently violent) sister might do.

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