6. castle sneaks
1253 Words
~ Amaya ~
"You okay pup." Ash called from the dinning table as I walked to the kitchen to get some sweets that I was suddenly craving. I gave him a pointed look I hated when he called me that and he knew as well which was why he kept using that name to irritate me even more. But I really wasn't in the mood. I was feeling on edge. My mood was irritable and no this was not my norm but my new friend inside me kept me up all night yesterday. I may not like to sleep in the early hours of the night but late night is a no. I like my sleep. Scowling at him I bypassed him and went straight to the cabinets in search of my target. Footsteps followed after me and I knew he was behind me but now he wasn't what I was after and I continued to ignore him and rummaged through the pantry hoping to get anything that could satisfy my cravings. After a while of searching I finally got something that I thought could help some chocolate- coffee biscuit bars gathering about five packets before turning back to go back to my cage. Ash grabbed one packet and in turn I scowled at him. Of all the days.
"Give that back" I bit back. From my voice he could clearly tell the mood.
"You alright, I'm worried you've been locked up in your room for the last three days what's wrong, you know you can talk to me right." He went on.
"Ash, really now is not the time can we do this some other time, and give back my biscuits." I huffed before snatching the packet back and headed towards my room.
Once inside my room I locked the door and walked towards my bed and snuggled back with my blankets. I was feeling I don't even know how to explain it. I was beyond exhausted. And Liya won't let me get a wink. She has gone all silent on me I don't know what happened one day she was there talking the next she kept scratching all over, then she was all irritable and kept whimpering then gone just like that haven't had from her in the last four hours and I really hope she's asleep so that I can go to sleep as well but I don't know there's just something about how she's been behaving. Maybe it was the transition and I was just overthinking. But it had been over four months since then. Groaning I decided not to overthink anything and went on to munch my biscuits. After which I decided on a nap maybe it'd help with my irritability.
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Two hours in and nothing I couldn't for the life of me close my eyes without thoughts swarming in and not nice thoughts which made me all the more tense. After tossing and turning for over two hours I decided to do what I do best. Go for a run maybe it'd help. I'd have gone to paint but I wasn't feeling it so I opted for my other option. A run in the forest that would be nice. I hoped it's quiet all the thoughts roaming my mind right now. It was already starting to get dark outside we were in the hours of dusk and I hoped that view would calm down the beast in me. Masking my scent I walked towards my balcony before jumping over and started my way towards the forest.
With my scent masked I knew I had a leeway to get past the guards if I was stealth enough. I've come to learn ways to bypass them. When you get locked all your life you gotta find ways to survive. Getting into the treeline I let my vampiric side surface. It's what has always helped me to stay out of trouble all this while, uhhm more like my castle sneaks. With my senses fully activated I made for the run rushing through the trees feeling the cold wind brush over my skin, over my face pushing back my hair, had my mind a bit calm and not exploding. The rush in my veins is magical. Before I knew it I had closed over the large forest and I was about to walk in the pack lands of another pack. Halting my steps I surveyed the area scenting for scents within but came up shot no one was within range. The scents that were there were a bit faded and I guessed it was one of the border patrols. Making sure no one was around my eyes went back to one of my favorite spots. I walked towards the huge tree that had become my place of solace. I looked around once again before making a reap and made my way up to a branch that I favored amongst the others since it had a nice view. I could see anyone from there but not many would see me. And so I sat there, waiting for the night to kick in emptying my thoughts trying to get my body to relax. I closed my eyes and let my senses welcome the wild nature. And it felt nice. I let out a huge breath before opening my eyes again so that I could manoeuvre myself to a comfortable position. I scooted back till I was almost adjacent to the main branch then leaned my back against the branch connecting to the one I sat at and I let my head fall back as well before closing my eyes. Freeing my thoughts totally, I started counting the different sounds I heard within the forest and at large. And for the first time in two days I felt a bit calm. And I let out a long exhale. It was peaceful here. I felt a tad bit calm. With my thoughts quiet I felt the exhaustion take over my body and before long I was out.
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I woke up some time later to the smell of somebody and immediately I got alert knowing I wasn't alone. My skin fur raised and I let my eyes scan the ground beneath for the said person. And I spotted four of them. They were huge wolves and upon careful assessing I relaxed back to my position knowing they weren't a threat and they were just border patrols. I observed them as they made their rounds and chastised them for not being thorough if I was a bad person I could have probably gotten past them easily without them noticing. When will they ever learn. But today wasn't my day to reprimand them, they'd probably kill me if I showed myself not to mention my father. And so I let it go. I'd probably mention it later to Ash.
After a few rounds they proceeded to the north but I knew they would be back after a while and not wanting to risk it I climbed back down and decided to go back home my mind was a bit calm for now and Liya was silent so I guessed I wouldn't have trouble sleeping. With that thought I dashed back again home this time not moving as fast. Just moving fast enough for me to feel the wind blowing against my skin. Not long afterwards I was back in my room and tucking myself into my covers before letting sleep over take me.
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