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✵ ღ ☾ IT TOOK ME BY SURPRISE - Hound was going to kill her. Cicadastar could do much worse, he could banish her.
These thoughts raced through her mind as she paced outside of the apprentice den, her paw steps lighter than a feather, but quick and anxious all the same.
❝ Fuck it. ❞
The proclamation came out in one low breath, she was just going to do it- she didn't care anymore, she didn't care, she needed to see them, not once every other moon if she was chosen to go to the gathering- no. She needed them now.
Sneaking out of camp had been easy enough, she had always been stealthy, easily interlacing herself with the shadows despite her pastel pelt that glowed silver in the moonlight now as she began her trek.
She forced certainty into her gait, forcing her chin to remain raised. She was going to Thunderclan, even if it meant forcing each paw step along the way.
It wasn't until the gentle lapping of the river was quite literally at her paws did the tabby stop dead in her tracks, now faced with her own expression.
When had her features become so monotoned? Lakepaw's breath hitched then, but her thinking was interrupted by a rustle behind her.
Quickly her head swiveled backwards, her snout crinkling to hide her sudden fear when her gaze was met with two pools of deep amber.
❝ Speech. ❞
THE HATRED IN HER EYES