~Ambrose~
I was feeling desperate.
Desperate to hide, to avoid, to run in the completely opposite direction. Alarms rang in my head, screaming to turn around, to not go.
Onyx was pacing back and forth in my mind, equally uneased by the idea of going back. Back to the place we lost everything.
I'd been trying to keep an eye on Raven, but her mind was completely absent. She removed herself mentally and was nothing but an empty shell. Hollow and shallow. I watched her, using Raven as a gauge to manage my own pain. Emalea noticed Raven's demeanor and took her hand, rubbing her thumb over the back of Raven's hand, grounding her. Tethering her to the moment.
Odette was constantly doing the same it was the only thing holding me together.
When we pulled into the old gate that circled the pack. What once stood tall and proud, was now crumbling. Grime and algae growing on the side of the wall, streaks of orange for the iron in the rain were all over the surface.
