Rem turned his large head to look at the Russian through the length of his forelock as he felt the large hand rest on his shoulder, ears perking forward for a moment in greeting. Angular ears fell back again though as the horse looked back up at the miserable female in the tree and gave a snort. She was being far to hard on herself. There was nothing she could have done that would have changed the outcome, but there was no way for him to make her understand that. Still the horse had done the best he could to help remind Anann there was little use in worrying over the things you can’t change.
Feeling betrayed by her own body, Anann was even more afraid of how Anatoliy would feel. She had tried to keep her outlook positive and that she had wanted the litter, and on some level she had. But there had also be plenty of doubt and fear lingering in her heart. It was hard to meet his eye, but has she felt his hand on her leg her eyes were drawn to his.
Anann gave a compliant nod to her mate and positioned herself on the limb so that she could step over to a lower limb. Perched, still sitting on the limb, Anann hesitated and looked down at her mate before her gaze shifted to the hand resting over her stomach. She was starting to think that maybe she wanted to talk about this before she got down, out of the tree. As if it was how safer up in the withered canopy. Is it my fault? she asked as she looked down, her eyes not looking to his again until after she spoke the first question. Did I do something wrong?
She had never asked those questions when they had been Keese’s. It had not mattered, for then it had been a mercy, but this...this could not even be compared.
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