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I have no idea what the hell he thinks he’s playing at, but no son of mine just goes….abandoning his family because he decides to join a band of tree hugging gypsy wolves. Alright, maybe Taviora wasn’t that bad, but I am kind of annoyed right now, in fact, more then annoyed. Maybe I did inherit my families god-like looks and maybe I do have their grace and litheness, but I also inherited my Fathers temper and right now it is flaring as hot as the Angel Mark across my shoulders. Starfall may be different, I’ve accepted that, sort of, I’ve accepted that he won’t ever be like his brothers, that he is…unique and truly I love that boy so much that it hurts and indeed I think, maybe, that is why I am so upset. Since when does he think it is acceptable to devastate his Mother by just up and leaving? Stella, well, she doesn’t say a lot but I know she is hurt, I know she is upset that he left, speaking to no one but Guardian about it, leaving his brother to tell us, his parents, that he’s decided to follow Solaris and abandon his birth pack. I snorted, paws slamming at the ground in irritation as I moved, crossing over the border and into Taviora, hardly caring to wait for some border patrol to escort me. We are allied to this pack, I can only assume I am welcome here. My tail lashed in irritation as I moved to follow the scent of my wayward son. Andromeda isn’t the only one…hurt, I suppose by his bizarre decision. Maybe we haven’t always gotten on, maybe we didn’t always see eye to eye but….Starfall is my son, I……I never wanted to drive him away and I can’t bare to see Andro so upset. He didn’t even speak to his other siblings, only Guardian, how does he think the others feel? I am not good at this emotional…stuff.

His scent grew thicker, heavier between the pines of this forest, his den surely close by. Maybe he is an adult, in a way, but that still does not give him the right to act as he has, I don’t care if he’s two years old or ten, I am still his Father and until the day I die I will damn well make sure he knows what I think about what he does in life. Maybe Isola is alright with her son and Diveen’s Prince dancing off about the land like a damn hippie, but no son of mine is going to do that. If he wants to live here, fine, but the next time he decides to do it he is going to go about it the right we. You don’t just….leave, not without a goodbye…something, anything, telling his brother to tell us barely counts as respectful let alone kind. I could understand, I suppose if he wanted to ignore me, we never have been…close exactly, I never know what to say or do around him, everything I try turning out to be, well, the wrong thing. But to not tell his Mother? To just up and leave her? He doesn’t appreciate how lucky he is to even have a Mother. Zeivah died when I was his age, I was left with nothing and no one but a Father who didn’t……care, who yelled at me for daring to cry and no my own son has the gall to turn from his. Maybe that is why I am so angry, not just because, well, he injured something inside me by leaving like this, but because I saw the look on Andromeda’s face when Guardian told her. Her son, our son, left without a word. Well, I have some words for him. Sure, maybe yelling won’t make it better….but I’ll feel better.

I paused outside what could only be my darkened son’s den, violet and blue eyes peering into the gloom, seeking his dark and light form as I heard him shuffle about inside. Oh good, he’s at home, how nice of him to grace me with his presence. I snorted once more, low growl rumbling within my throat, summoning the boy as I moved to step back, seating my tall frame a few paces from the den entrance, allowing him enough room to exit and stand before me as I waited, my glower surely giving away my mood to the boy.

"So son, is there a reason you felt the need to abandon your family and tell no one but your brother? Since when did I ever raise you to think upsetting you mother is damn well ok!?"



AZRAEL

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"7 years ~ Andromeda ~ Sire of Meryl/Starfall/Guardian/Celeste/Iophiel/Mithos/Ambrosia/Elara/Zaphkiel ~ Diveen "