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"I will NOT let you corrupt our daughter!" her mother cried. Shenandoah blinked her eyes open as paws snatched her up protectively. She let out a confused moan, sleep still heavy on her mind, until she saw the truly terrible scene that she had woken up to. Daddy prowled forward, his fur bristled to its full height, his lips curled back to reveal long fangs, and amber eyes blazing with a fury she had never seen from him before. He looked terrifying. With her eyes stretched wide as moons, she cowered into her mother's chest, looking up at Mother in desperate confusion. But she offered no comfort, for her own pelt was fluffed out, her ears and tail high and dominant and full of an anger Shen had never seen before. Mother was so flaccid, so empty, but there was nothing frail about the wolf who held her protectively against her chest. Shenan's jaws were gaping as she began to struggled against Mother to get away from the two monsters who had once been her parents.

She looked back, frightened, and when her huge green eyes met Daddy's, the big wolf seemed to melt, the anger changing to shock and anguish when faced with his horrified daughter. His fur laid flat and his lips fell down to hide his mouth full of daggers, save for the two that protruded eternally from his lips. His gaze flicked from Shenandoah to Mother. "This is not over." the big wolf growled, and with that he turned and left without another word.

Mother relaxed as well, her eyes cold as they followed the King out of the den. "Come on, sweetheart. Let's get back to sleep." She herded Shen back toward the nest and settled down with Shenandoah tucked against her belly. Shenandoah looked up at Mother, confusion and even a slight accusation in her eyes. "Why were you mean to Daddy? What if he doesn't come back?" Shenandoah whimpered. She often chose to sleep with Daddy when he came home from his duties as King. But he had left her now. Mother had driven him out with her words. What did that even mean? Corrupt her? She did not understand.

Her mother did not look at her. "Go to sleep Shenandoah." Mother said softly. Shenandoah knew from her tone that she would not be answering any more questions. She never answered questions. Her belly boiling with confusion and frustration, Shenandoah shifted away from her mother's belly and put her head on her paws, glaring at the ground. Why did her parents always fight? Why was Mother so mean to Daddy? And why wouldn't anyone tell her what was happening and why?

It took hours before the wolf pup could finally fall asleep.

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Renier (c)
Wren and Shenandoah (c)