In her memory the kitchen melted away, and they stood out in the open night air. The ocean crashed below them, and Anu looked at her against the dark star dotted sky. She held her then, keeping her from falling. They had both been frightened then, the fear of loosing each other and the fear of discovering things from deep within that would ruin them. Few things had changed, Anu still clung to her, fearing that Geneva would be lost. But now there was no fear of loosing herself. She was already gone, drifting along some open space where there was only one being. Lost was how she felt as stood before her, and Anu was whiling and ready to be gone for good if she would only stay.
The words came to her, and Anu braced herself. The tone hit before the words registered. The pieces of her being, her heart, her soul were scattered and Anu picked each up gingerly pasting them together and cradling it in a soft palm, presenting it to the fey before her. That hand trembled as Anu searched for the eyes that refused to look at her. The fingers stung her paw, but she held it still twisting her own around them, refusing to let them go. The fire that she held fueled her, giving her strength that Anu had been certain was gone. She had been so tired, energy lost to a place she didn’t think she could reach. The smaller wolfess looked, her eyes pleading and silently begging for Geneva to look. She let her tears fall quietly and softy, but her words held the power that she drew from that mysterious place.
Why are you afraid? |