Evaline, though slower than she was in her younger years, would arrive to collect her shortly. She could see the yellow speck of her mother's frame growing larger and more brilliant with every short step the slight mare took in the distance. But the closer she got to her the more anxious Vita Nova became. It was so strange and so silly, Nova said as she cursed herself under her breath. She longed to be free of this place. She wanted nothing more than to never see Koray or another sand pebble again. But now that she was on the verge of getting just what she wanted, she was having second thoughts, and was emotionally unraveling because of it.
It's got to be the hormones, Nova finally concluded, trying to stifle her sniffles when an unfamiliar painted mare began to approach. Nova had seen her among the herd in the past, and had silently admired her striking figure, but never talked to her personally. By the time she arrived here, Nova was beyond the point of being emotionally capable of connecting with anyone else in the Desert. Evren was gone and that was probably her fault. Koray's herd was growing despite this. When the painted mare offered her a gentle greeting, Nova smiled weakly to her, her icy blue eyes still welling with tears. "Oh gosh, please don't mind me." She said as she craned her petite head to look the other way, snorting in quick succession in an attempt to get ahold of herself. "It's got to be these damn hormones, I swear." She reiterates, finally turning to look at the mare once her tears were only wet, dark stains on her face. Nova notices the mare's mangled ear and swallows hard, stifling more mixed emotions as she was reminded of her mother again. "I'm sorry, but I don't think we've meet. I'm Vita Nova." She said quickly, though she was slightly distracted as she searched her surroundings again, attempting to will Orhan to be galloping toward her in the distance.
Eventually his buckskin frame did come into view, and Nova breathed a very dramatic sigh of relief.
Orhan was quick to pepper her with questions, which came as no surprise. Nova took a few stricken steps closer to Orhan. She wished to yell in his face, none of this is important but of course couldn't bring herself to do it. "Evaline, my mother. After her visit, she told Shamwari that Koray was treating me poorly, so he came. I'm so sorry. Orhan, truly, I am. For everything." She said, the tears coming on strong. "You don't know how many times I wished Koray and I never met that day. Maybe he would be different then. Maybe everything would be different." She blubbered on between sobs.
She sighed a deep breathe, temporarily becoming in control of her emotions again. She snorted again, and stomped a forehoof into the warm sand. "But Orhan. There's something I must tell you before I go. It's about Evren." She began, looking at the stallion with wide, apologetic eyes. "She lived here with Koray and I for some time while you were gone. Koray went after her once, but she stood up for herself. Even after that, she wanted to go to the Crossing Isle to help bring new members back to the herd. She left one day some time ago and never came back. I was too afraid to tell Koray. But you should know. I'm worried for her."
4 | Mare | Evaline x Valentine | Smoky Back Splash | 15 hh | © Vinyl |
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