09-09-2012, 02:35 PM
The sunlight burned her eyes. She closed them against it. Her first breath of fresh air for an entire month was gasped through a down-turned mouth. She was thin, so thin that she was almost skeletal, the bones of her ribs and spine showing perversely. She hardly even resembled the woman that had locked herself away four weeks ago. The guilt and strain of her actions had reduced her to a gaunt figure of hopelessness. A few seconds later she tried to open her eyes again and found it not as blinding. She had chosen the day rather than night because she could no stand to see the judging eye of the moon upon her form. She gripped hold of the door frame to keep herself upright.
The world had continued on without her but she knew that it was not unchanged. The scents of her oldest daughter and son led to the house nearest to her own. Dalgina's and Keldava's were nowhere to be found, neither was Temo's. Her arms trembled, the barely there strength within them pitiful. Her bi colored eyes adjusted to the glare, they were large, sad orbs set deep into her face, sunken. Pain lanced through her chest with every breath she took, she wasn't sure if it was even possible to repair her family but she was going to try, for everyone's sake.
The world had continued on without her but she knew that it was not unchanged. The scents of her oldest daughter and son led to the house nearest to her own. Dalgina's and Keldava's were nowhere to be found, neither was Temo's. Her arms trembled, the barely there strength within them pitiful. Her bi colored eyes adjusted to the glare, they were large, sad orbs set deep into her face, sunken. Pain lanced through her chest with every breath she took, she wasn't sure if it was even possible to repair her family but she was going to try, for everyone's sake.