Yvette silently watched the woman do her work, her growling belly making her bolder with a stranger than she normally was. She sniffed and then panted, drool slipping off her lolling tongue. Gale watched the young girl nose toward the large dark woman with hunger in her eyes and felt so guilty for his inability to properly feed her as he would have liked. But what could he do without help? And thankfully, this stranger had come along to help him and his niece, who he had vowed to keep safe and sound for his sister's memory.
The woman gestured to the lion's pelt and the man's brows furrowed as he thought. He could not tell her that he had fought for others' pleasure and had almost died for it. He smiled as best as he could as he fed more sticks and twigs into the crackling little flame. "Lion. Lion pelt. Live in Africa, out on the savannah." He was not sure where in the world that was, but he knew it was south of Rome and across the Mediterranean. Broad hands gestured to the marks on his chest from the lion's claws. "Fought him and won, though he tried as hard as me to live. Then I got his skin as a reward." He knew that he and that lion could have been comrades, if not for both of their status's in the world. Gale was a slave who fought, and the lion was a prisoner captured to kill.
Gale looked at the woman, watching her butcher the meat. "Are you from a nearby pack?" he asked lightly, unaware of the woman's nefarious background.
Images credited to Jason Pier. Table style inspired by Kitty.
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