@lapisdex said: ®
He was crying...it was innocence she never should have touched, but had no other option but to in this case - retrieving the wailing babe from between the legs of his mother’s corpse; the village was eerily silent, save for his cries, burnt to cinders and pillaged of anything of value; she had already given over the clothing she had been wearing to warm him, so she could only assume he was hungry, a theory that was all but confirmed as he tried to latch - even if there was nothing there for him to sup on, it at least quieted him down...but not before it became apparent that he had drawn unwanted attention.
Footsteps - far too close and unfortunately, despite the ruined state of the building around here, there wasn’t any way out save for breaking through one of the walls or darting back out the way she came...and that opening was blocked almost completely by the figure of a man in full armor; the reaction was instantaneous, lips curling back over her teeth as a low, nearly inhuman growl bubbled in her throat, as though daring him to come any close - humans...no doubt he would try to hurt her, and she didn’t want to think about what he might do the the baby clutched to her chest.
