Post by Iris on Jan 11, 2014 4:58:19 GMT -3
She wasn't about to be allowed to do anything she wished too. Iris was kept under close watch, whether by order or by the suspicion of the pack. The she-wolf didn't try to mingle, instead she retreated to the back of a den where it was cold and slightly damp from snow that had drifted in, but it was... quiet. Dark. No one staring at her here, no ridicule she had to face.
All of which Iris deserved and she knew it.
It had only been a few days, but already she could feel it. Isolation, Dila was never too far away for long and she got a few visitors, but pregnant and weak as she was, Iris wasn't able to hunt and Gabe never asked. So instead, at night, Iris would poke her head out and pad around, just at the entrance of her little den for some fresh air.
It was then that she'd seen them.
The only reason she had grabbed them was because she knew that it had been so little time since.... Gabe's pack had arrived that not all of the threats could have been eliminated, and the berries she recognized as poison had to be taken out of pup reach. However, instead of disposing of them as she should, Iris brought them back to her den.
She lay down and imagined it, just as she had before on the way here. Without Dila, laying down in the cold of the gorge and putting her head on her paws, simply waiting for it to end. Now Iris did just that, lay down with her head on her paws, and those berries, the poison berries, just in front of her.
Unblinking, staring at the berries in contemplation. Focused on nothing and wary for exhaustion and loneliness.
All of which Iris deserved and she knew it.
It had only been a few days, but already she could feel it. Isolation, Dila was never too far away for long and she got a few visitors, but pregnant and weak as she was, Iris wasn't able to hunt and Gabe never asked. So instead, at night, Iris would poke her head out and pad around, just at the entrance of her little den for some fresh air.
It was then that she'd seen them.
The only reason she had grabbed them was because she knew that it had been so little time since.... Gabe's pack had arrived that not all of the threats could have been eliminated, and the berries she recognized as poison had to be taken out of pup reach. However, instead of disposing of them as she should, Iris brought them back to her den.
She lay down and imagined it, just as she had before on the way here. Without Dila, laying down in the cold of the gorge and putting her head on her paws, simply waiting for it to end. Now Iris did just that, lay down with her head on her paws, and those berries, the poison berries, just in front of her.
Unblinking, staring at the berries in contemplation. Focused on nothing and wary for exhaustion and loneliness.
