Ever since Anu had come home Cypress had been devoted to his mother. Hunting regularly throughout the day for the both of him and doting on his mother’s every need. Finally giving the young man the sense of purpose he had been needing for so long. In the first few days after he had found her and carried her home he had hardly left her bedside. Save for when she had bid him to or when he had gone off to hunt. As the days and weeks had passed and the shadow of war had receded, Cyp had given her more and more time to herself and for the others that wished to visit the Praetor.
Still, the young man worried for his mother. She had been returned to them, and for that he was thankful, but Anu had not come back to them unchanged. The scars her captivity had left behind ran deeper than the skin and Cypress had seen the change in the depths of her eyes during the moments when such memories haunted her mind.
Worry had filled his chest when he had returned from a patrol around the borders to find that she was not in the manor. Having checked the common rooms before he had head upstairs to find her bed empty. His four padded feet had quickly lead him back out of the manor and around the grounds, checking the garden beds for the tawny woman that tended to them with such gentle, loving hands. Relief flooded over him instantly as he found her setting in the orchard. The sight of her there making his fleeting fears seeming so foolish.
Walking up and settling himself next to the still frail looking woman, Cypress gave his mother a gentle nuzzle and a lick to her cheek. ”Are you warm enough out here, Momma?” He asked her, his voice gentle and quite with a slight touch of worry. If she wished it he would run right back to the manor to bring her another blanket. Whatever she needed to be comfortable.
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