Ashina ---
In the minutes before my men and I left to find the bunkers, I could hear my father wailing in pain. Although I was about to turn and leave, I have heard that mates can feel each other's pain to an extreme degree. My mother's warriors were already sent back, so I hope my mother is okay and the warriors were able to get to her in time.
The leaves of gold and brown were scattered around my father, who was retching on the ground. When I held my father, he kept screaming about a burn on his throat, and I asked what I could do. The sight of him suffering hurt my heart, and the feeling of estrangement I felt toward him made it worse. Until today, I barely remembered his face, and it isn't the same face I remember.
The tears had flowed down my cheeks like rivers from the crevices o
