08-15-2009, 12:56 AM
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 The coyote woman remained still, watching the anger flash across the tawny coyote's face momentarily, listening to that deep rumbling. There was no fear in her glittering eye; she was aware the anger was likely directed at the situation and only partially at the grizzled female herself for broaching the obviously sore subject. The name did not ring a bell to the hybrid woman, but she assumed Talitha was the name of his sister—the sister who had left with Corona, if she remembered what Gabriel had said upon first crossing into the new Inferni's territory. She held this name at the back of her throat for a moment before swallowing it, committing it forever to memory. If she was gone, would she return? The silvery canine paused, some undefinable emotion brewing there before disappearing again beneath the forced neutrality, given to the grizzled woman's features by the knotty tissue crossing her face. There was a moment given to thought before Kaena responded, contemplation apparent on her features. "Is she dead?" she asked, though she was almost positive the answer was a resounding no. Gabriel would have thought to mention something like that—unless, of course, he had no knowledge of such an event occurring. Perhaps this was why the straw-colored hybrid was keeping to the edges of Inferni's territory; he did not want to be the one to deliver such a blow to his father. The hybrid had never met either of her second eldest son's children prior to this moment, but she was intimately familiar with the confusion and distress of sorrow, having experienced it at numerous points throughout her life. The hybrid woman was hardly indifferent to whatever inner turmoil the younger coyote might have been experiencing, but for the moment she remained reserved and observant, that glittering sun-yellow eye focused on her grandson. |