Placing herself firmly between the four large, Inanna tried to make herself as small as possible. It took all her effort to keep her white body from trembling with fear. Instead is trying to sink into the dirt she tried to blend as best she could into the white around her. She had never been attacked in such a way before, merely tussling with her siblings, coming out on top occasionally. She did not know how to handle the feelings of being attacked by something so much bigger than she was. Unbidden, the tiny goddess whimpered softly, suddenly realizing she did not know how to fight or defend herself in the world. She should not have left home, or the safety of Glorall. All of the sudden she missed the sandy beaches and her siblings’ warm bodies beside her. Another soft whimper came from her as she realized she was in the paws of really big strangers.
Her savior spoke to her, and if she could have she would have clung to his words as though they were physical things. “She snapped at me! And snarled!” Inanna could not understand what was going on! All she had been doing was looking for something interesting to sniff at! Maybe eat a different kind of butterfly! Panic made her little heart race. Violet and blue eyes widened and her little body was overwhelmed with adrenaline.
She looked between the two wolves, falling silent, hoping that her lack of noise and the slowly subsiding shaking meant she was getting braver. Until Everlast’s words reached her. Eat her?! Someone was trying to EAT her?! Fear burst in her again and she said anything that would save her.
“Don’t let her eat me! I won’t taste good!” She thought of the butterfly she tried to eat. “I’ll make her sick!” She began to howl in her broken puppy voice, crying in terror. “I don’t want to be eaten!” The puppy was starting to fear for her life.
Inanna
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