private need to take off the edge - swamp

Aug 14, 2023
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It didn't even feel like she slept, stress gnawing her raw like cleaning meat off the bones of fish. Worried, about petalnose, about the rogues- her nights had become pacing and simply wishing she could do more. Falling into the background again, only to resurface with the need to do something relaxing.

Her paws led her carefully to the edge of the den, casting a careful glance over her fellow warriors before pushing forward and letting out a soft sigh. Exhausted. She had been trying harder than ever to just make sure to bring back prey, falling into a different routine and not allowing herself the peace that she was so used to.

riverclan needed better.

but as she stood before the entrance, a frown crossed her pale muzzle, her eyes longing for the banks of the river to search those speckling stones in the dawns light- a break she so desperately craved.

for just one morning, surely... she shouldn't feel so guilty?

@swamphowl