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Yet again the seasons were in shift. Along with the dipping temperature, the trees were shedding their leaves that collected on the ground. The aftermath from the hurricane was quite extensive for the pack trouble makers; even still they weren’t completely back on their feet. Since losing the majority of his possessions he didn’t feel right in his den, so he spontaneously elected to claim Alaki’s old one. The past Angelo’s smell and presence were long gone.
His breaths were shallow and quick as he could clearly see the unconscious imagery in his mind. Rarely did he dream or recall anything anymore, but since the ambush at Halifax he could easily remember the restless nights. In this recurring nightmare Mido had been too late to catch the archer and Axelle died. Shit! He tore out of his sleep, sitting up he put a hand over his eyes. In the midst of all the fighting he hesitated to retaliate against the woman and child, they were only there for deceit. He almost missed one of the bandits ready to shoot his friend. It was a moment of weakness that angered him beyond all reason.
Quickly getting up from the furs that carpeted the cold hard floor he moved to the entrance of his new den. What time is it anyway? His sense of time was so far gone. Still he wasn’t use to its placement as it opens up directly into the common room. The Rakeeb stood there holding his right arm, the injury he received felt like it was on fire. Panda had been so kind as to clean and stitch closed the huge gash in his muscled shoulder upon his return to Anathema. What would the mutt do without that woman? He stood in the doorway eyeing the small figure near the fire, uncertain who it was from his perspective.
Without a single sound he made his way to the young Lykoi girl. Silently he just watched her for a moment. Eldoy looked comfortable curled up by the fire with a book in her hands. Mido remembered seeing her during the gathering from the hurricane, but he never made her acquaintance. What do you have there? He asked, standing over her out of vision. It was obvious to him that she was reading, but what?
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