no one could save me but you Posted on February 26, 2021 at 06:29:54 AM by Rivaini
Rivaini
Memories and fears formed a kaleidoscope in Rivainis thoughts, shifting rapidly between bright joy and a dark, suffocating sorrow. For seasons shed bottled every emotion that the golden woman had won from her, and nownow they were released all at once. A strange choked sound parted the red mares lips; a sound that was neither whimper nor sob nor wordless plea, but somehow all three together. And though the questions would come laterflooding the silver bays mind until there was no room left for anything elsethe hows and whys could not have mattered less to her in this moment. She was too consumed by the unexpected return of her hearts missing half; too overwhelmed by Çiçeks radiant light after an eternity of darkness.
And thenabruptly, unexpectedlyRivainis beloved sun imploded.
Rougaru. The name was snarled in a voice that could not belong to the spotted dunalino, because the laughing woman whom her bezelye had once known was not capable of such venom. And then, without warning, the slender creature lurched forwardthrowing herself at the tobiano Guardian even as she struggled to process the presence of the golden colt at her side. Çi, wha- Rivaini found her voice in time for it to flee from her in terror, leaving only these incomplete syllables in its wake. Silent and frozen, the silver-haired woman could only watch as those blunt, bared teeth drove straight for her throatas helpless in the wake of Çiçeks fury as she had been in the face of her affections.
The next second passed more quickly than Rivainis senses could hope to fully capture. Afterward, she would remember nothing but a pair of white-rimmed brown eyes, Hadess bleat of fear, and Çiçeks sharper squeal. And then nothing. Not a sound or sight could penetrate the thick veil of her fear and denial. Trickles of perspiration traced rivulets across her red skin that she did not feel. Sea-blue eyes probed the jungles shadows without seeing. It was only when the soft whisper of a familiar voice drowned out the thundering beat of her own heart that Rivainis spell was broken, and her stone body fractured. One ear tipped forward to catch the syllables of her name, a ragged breath parting her dark lips. Her gaze flitted over the other mares body, blurring when it traced the map of white that extended from withers to rump.
Çiçek turned to face her again.
I The silver bays other ear slid forward, quivering gently at the sound of the long-coveted voice. I you I thought Rivaini braced herself for the recrimination that she deserved even as a note of joy spiralled through her heart. When Çiçek had left her, the red woman was certain that there could be no greater pain. But it was the pain shed caused her beloved sun that had truly broken Rivaini in the end; the thought that her actions had been unforgivable. That the golden mare might live the remainder of her life believing that Rivaini hated her. And even though it was unlikely to change anything, she needed Çiçek to know that this assumption could not be further removed from the truth.
Before she could unearth these long-buried words, however, the spotted dunalino began to weep.
The sound of it wrenched at Rivainitearing down the walls of her heart with a serrated blade. Not knowing what else to do, the thick-bodied woman stepped hastily forward. Her auburn skin brushed against Hadess dark little figure to envelop the smaller mare, the curve of her neck wrapping itself across Çiçeks withers. Shhh, the Guardian murmured soothingly, her voice breaking like a wave against the rocks of her overwhelming regret. Im here, Çiçek... in the place where I should have been seasons ago. Exhaling a shuddering sigh, the bay tasted the scents of birth and fear with her next breath, and continued haltingly.
Çi...what happened? Solomon was here weeks ago searching for you, and Iweve been frantic with worry. Her blue eyes fall upon the pale-maned boy, and the memory of Çiçeks first waking word resurfaces. You mentioned Rougaru. Did he do this to you, Çi? Because if he did I swear by the gods that Ill destroy him.
Her voicehusky with emotionhardened at this vow, earning an appeasing champ of gums from the bright-maned boy who pressed more deeply into Rivainis other side.
mare / seven / silver bay tobiano / andalusian mix / 15.3hh