12-16-2007, 05:31 AM
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Laruku's eyes snapped open immediately and he flinched, high-strung and paranoid, like a soldier that had been attacked too many times in the night. His vision focused just as quickly and it was no wonder that he never felt rested after sleeping, if he was really sleeping at all. The hybrid stared at the boy for a moment, red eyes wide with uncertainty and then he looked away, sighing. Another one of his misbegotten litter. Part of him wished he knew them better, wished he knew more than their names and faces, but the other part wished even more desperately that they would just leave him be, that they would stay in Inferni and never question or wonder why their father was not there for them. He knew that part was just trying to bury the guilt, but what else could he do? Even if he wanted to, Gabriel would never let him and that was that.
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Laruku's eyes snapped open immediately and he flinched, high-strung and paranoid, like a soldier that had been attacked too many times in the night. His vision focused just as quickly and it was no wonder that he never felt rested after sleeping, if he was really sleeping at all. The hybrid stared at the boy for a moment, red eyes wide with uncertainty and then he looked away, sighing. Another one of his misbegotten litter. Part of him wished he knew them better, wished he knew more than their names and faces, but the other part wished even more desperately that they would just leave him be, that they would stay in Inferni and never question or wonder why their father was not there for them. He knew that part was just trying to bury the guilt, but what else could he do? Even if he wanted to, Gabriel would never let him and that was that.
You're not here to stay like your sister, are you?he wondered quietly, shifting to face him again now.
I've tried to get her to come to her senses; it's better for all of you to stay in Inferni.Most of their family was there, though the alpha was aware that his litter of Lykois was distantly related to all the Sadiras descended from his uncle. What a fucked up world they wove. But no, as much as he had clashed with the clan in the past, he knew it was safer there.