The night had fallen quickly, the sky was a perfect dark blanket, pinpricked with stars, the moon hung almost full in the sky, fat and slow. All around the lands were still and quiet, a stark contrast to the war that was raging around them, the Aniwayan wolves were beginning to widen their view, no longer were they satisfied with their lands, it seemed that they wanted the lands of those packs that were near to them as well, their current leader, a tyrant, seemed set upon making this a reality. There was a strong breeze blowing through the lands, howling through the branches of the trees. The only sounds were of owls hooting from their perches, tonight seemed to be a good night to hunt for them. The general peaceful sounds of the lands were disturbed by the drumming of hooves. A pale mare came into view, still trotting with something of panick in her eyes. On her back were two wolves, one much larger than the other, the larger wolf was jet black and was clinging to the mare's mane and reigns for dear life. The smaller wolf was a patchwork of colour, her fur adorned with splashes of browns, creams, greys and a bright flash of ochre colouring across her chest, a colour that she had inherited from her father. Neither of the wolves had ever ridden a horse before, at the time of clambering onto the back of the large mare it had been in panic, Soran had just been stabbed in the arm and was finding it ever more difficult to defend Robin from the large grey guardian that was attempting to kidnap her, the pale mare had waded in and defended the pair and when the male had backed off the two wolves had seen their chance. Soran had climbed onto the horse's back, pulling little Robin up with her uninjured arm, placing her in front of her, the mare had taken off at a breakneck speed, frightened, large dark eyes rolling in her skull, it had been all the pair could do to cling on, they had not even attempted to steer. The mare seemed to know her way home though and cantered towards it, Soran had gripped her reigns, her mane, Robin, anything she could to keep the pair balanced upon the mare's bare back. Some how they had managed it and now the mare had slowed, trotting towards Cour des Miracles.
The day had been more than eventful, the sable Aedile had been spying upon the Aniwayan lands, looking for a way to get Cambria, her granddaughter's mate back safely, when she had seen Robin, playing too close to the borders. Unfortunately she had not been the only one that had spied her, a large grey guardian had taken her to be a spy and had tried to drag her into the pack lands for questioning, the dark pelted mother had seen this and had raced in with her hunting knife to defend her descendent. The male had somehow wrestled the knife from her hand and had plunged it deep into her upper arm, the pain had been unbearable, agonising; it had taken the ebony female's breath away in an instant. The wound had bled profusely for some time, but now it seemed to have stopped, something that the dark female was grateful for. The pair were riding along in relative silence, they had crossed through the Crimson Dreams lands to get here as quickly as possible. Soran was a member of the pack, she had half hoped that she might come across someone who would be able to aid her, to stop the bleeding, alas they had not found someone, this was something of a blessing though, she wanted the patchwork girl to be home as soon as possible, her safety was all that mattered to the sable female. Her arm was beginning to ache, it was obvious that the knife had damaed the muscle, she had the knife back in its holster and her canvas bag was across her chest, she had used that as a weapon against the grey male as well. The younger girl was asleep against the female's chest, the movement of the horse somehow lulling her to sleep, the sable female was unsure how anyone could sleep on the back of a horse, especially after the day that the young girl had had, but somehow she was asleep. The pair had been talking for some time, about all sorts of things, Robin had not stopped apologising, Soran was unable to hear it any more and was rather thankful that the girl had fallen asleep if she were honest. The dark female looked around, realising that they were very close to the lands, at least she thought that they were close, the lands were beginning to be a little fuzzy around the edges. In fact the combination of blood loss and exhaustion was starting to get to the ebony Aedile, she was beginning to feel rather dizzy in fact, the land was moving as the sea would appear to be if one was in a ship in a storm, rocking unsteadily. The female found that she could not focus on anything, the land was blurry, her head was spinning. Her arm was really beginning to ache now, the damaged muscle jarring with every movement that the horse made, but it seemed distant, as if it were far away, almost as if her arm was not actually connected to her. The world was now filled with patches of black, it did not occur to the sable female that these were actually in her own vision, that she was seeing the black spots; they seemed to be growing, engulfing the lands until she could barely see anything around them. Soran did not feel well, she was not reacting properly, she felt as if she were floating, almost as if she was not actually there. The ebony Aedile was faintly aware that the mare had stopped walking and was moving slightly from foot to foot, whinnying loudly, but the dark female was no longer able to control her actions, she slipped sideways from the horse, landing with a thud in a heap upon the ground, slipping into the blissful folds of unconciousness.
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