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Paws sunk into the fresh snow. Their light tone melted into the white, lost under the light flakes. Each paw fall silent in their decent, the lightweight fey traveled unnoticed by the thin forest she walked among. But the woman felt far from elegant and gentle as she strode through the sparsely treed lands. The bag’s strap hung heavy on her shoulder, awkward and uncomfortable. The Dreamer was not one for cities, not one for things and human articles. She did not read, and so she did not write. She had held a weapon only once, and that was to sheer the stems of flowers. But there were others that would benefit from the fabrics and the matches that she had gathered. The candles would work well at night, and the knife would help with cutting bandages.
Blue eyes fell to the ground, watching the sun glimmer over the crystals of snow. The sky was bright and newborn blue after the snowfall. The sun was distant, and it warmth nothing more then a memory of summer. But he gave light, and Anu was satisfied that she at least had a shadow to walk beside. She tried to focus on anything but the images that passed through her mind uncontrollably. The blood of Colibri on her arms, the screams and cries. They pierced her heart even now, even knowing that the Earth toned woman was safe behind the walls of Haven Manor. Halifax was near the flower-pack’s borders, and Anu had entered the city’s limits before getting too close. She doubted she would return, ever. Even though the pack was now a place of remorse, her thoughts lingered on the male she had met just hours before retrieving Coli from the fangs of her father.
She wondered about the brother of the woman she loved. They were pleasant thoughts, when she focused on his need for closure regarding his own heart, and not the idea that Haku had tried to go after him after ripped the tail from his daughter. Maybe he had gone to her, who ever she might be. Anu re-shouldered the bag, picking up her pace and holding tight to the strap in hopes of not spilling its contents. Conor had been so certain that he was not worth of the love of his chosen female, and Anu knew that feeling all to well. The Dreamer even managed a smile as she remembered his questions, and his eagerness to know what he could do to change his circumstances. She hoped he had.