Hidden Betrayal

Her eyes were hollow once more as she moved her gaunt frame back home. It had taken forever to come back knowing that Tupit would be here no more. Demons inside of her rose up to catch in her throat to choke her. She coughed heavily and moved on passing all the others her silence deafening. She rarely spoke now, for she had little reason to. She had little reason for anything. To live for that matter. She wanted to come back and say good bye to all of the pack. This would be her last day living.

Pheral

Having successfully led a group of wolves to Cortinarri, Pheral made her way back to the terra. She was rather unnerved by the wolves lately, and wasn't sure how Ghost would react to Tupit's death; the fae was already untrusting of her. It didn't take long before the sow's keen sense of smell detected Hidden Betrayal. Moving swiftly on her long legs, Pheral quickly spotted the wolf.

"Hidden, I haven't seen you for a while." Pheral said, quietly, knowing that Tupit's death must still be riding on the other's mind. The images of his death still haunted her, but Pheral managed to work around it and focus herself on other things. It was a hard task to do, but she pulled it off. "The others are out on a hunt, at the Cow Pasture." The swine went on, her dark eyes studying her friend. Something definitely seemed wrong with Hidden, so Pheral was tempted to speak further, "Do you take to ....revenge?" Pheral's eyes seemed to glimmer as she said this. Her vast knowledge of deadly plants had helped her countless times in the past, and she was quite surprised that no one here had ever wanted to exploit the possibilities of poisons and toxins. Pheral had no idea what Hidden might think of revenge; maybe she was more on the innocent side, and didn't like that. But maybe not; Pheral didn't know.

Hidden Betrayal

She stared at the sow then turned away. "Revenge would gain me nothing this time Pheral." She turned back and said "I just came back here to say good bye. When Ghost returns...Tell her I ran away." It wasnt exactly the truth but Pheral couldnt get in trouble if she didnt know the truth either. She turned away once more and stared towards a river. Would she want to die as Tupit had? No. She wanted to die fighting. But who could she fight with? She did not know. Maybe one of the ranch dogs. Go and try to steal one of the chickens or something and have them come out to kill her. Yes that sounded good. Fighting to the death.

Pheral

Pheral stepped closer to Hidden, nudging her lightly, "Running away won't help anything, Hidden." This time, the sow could sense the hints of a lie, and was quick to try and change the wolf's mind. "Tell me, what kinds of things do you wolves do for fun?" It was a long shot, and Pheral knew it. But she would do what she could to stop Hidden from ending her life, even if that meant tracking her and fighting off dogs. Dogs and humans... that's the last thing she wanted to deal with. If the humans found out such a creature as her self was loose in the wild; well, it wouldn't be good for her or the pack.

Hidden Betrayal

She turned her eyes back to Pheral and said in a dark voice "I dont know what wolves do for fun. Me and Tupit used to play tag but I had to take it easy on him. He was sick because Cavan never took very good care of him. We would wrestle and go swimming or practaice our hunting skills. We sometimes played hide and seek but not so often." Her eyes grew misty and haunted as she thought of her now dead friend. She carefully held back a sob. "I...I gotta go Pheral." She turned and began to trot away her stomach knotting in pain.

Soon a howl of anguish could be heard as the small wolf howled her misery for all the world to hear

Pheral

Pheral listened sadly, her heart going out to Hidden Betrayal. "Listen, Hidden..." She tried to speak, but could see that it wasn't going anywhere. The sow looked away for just a moment, trying to think of what she could do to stop Hidden, without using brute force. Then the wolf ran. "Hidden!" Pheral began to run, but being over 600 pounds didn't lend itself to fast movement in thick brush and uneven ground. Then she heard the howl, "HIDDEN!" The sow yelled out.