Between Breaths

Gabriel de le Poer · 03-25-2010, 11:43 AM

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What had been done to Gabriel was far beyond Haku’s reach. From birth, there had been a curse laid over his families head. It did not belong to the Lykoi, but to his father, who had attempted to explain this to him once before. In his arrogance, Gabriel had ignored the warnings of the madman. Now, though, the curse had placed itself in a blue eyed wolf that was his shadow. They were destined to destroy one another, and this was something that Gabriel would come to believe in the months ahead. But for now, he managed to disregard the rattling of war—he was with her, and she alone managed to break down that wall formed by years of violence and doubt.

He was fearless only because she was the same. This was her home, and she had allowed him—a war general and a monster in his own right—into it without hesitation. She did not fear him, nor did she fear so long as she remained inside this forest. Of the pack she spoke little, offering him nothing sour nor anything too deep. He wondered, briefly, if this was in part to keep them safe. While Inferni would never take arms against her, he did not know what her co-leaders would think of his presence and his clan. Amber eyes darkened only momentarily at the mention of his own family, but outside of this, there was no obvious change. He could not afford to allow such things to spread beyond the war at hand. “They have suffered,” he admitted, voice dropping an octave. “But they’re strong, and they’ll survive.”

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