Vadim had gone; disappeared like a dream that was followed by a nightmare. The safety held over the herd, the peace, vanished just like the draft did. Finley didn't honestly care, it made no difference to him where the stallion went, but it did to Snapdragon. He could see the hurt burn away by anger that her father had left them this way, but Finley couldn't find the words to comfort her. This is why he had hated his own father that wasn't even his father and held no trust for her own.


When the storm came and she left with their child, Finley couldn't find it in himself to follow. He had followed Snap in every endeavor she made. From claiming territories, living in the Peak, to living with her father. This time, he felt like he should make his own decision. But while he decided what that decision would be, he wanted to visit his birth home.


Though residing on Atlantis for several seasons, he had not once visited the Shore. He was just as disappointed in it when he got there, that he was with everywhere else. It felt like nothing to him, and the darkness within him only felt like a growing disease. When would it consume him completely?


In his wanderings, the chocolate stallion didn't realize nor care that he had made it across another border. Only the fresh scent he couldn't believe to be real pulled him from his spiraling thoughts. Picking up a trot, the stallion weaved through the palms and jungle trees until he reached where the scent was strongest and there she was. Dripping wet like a drown rat, sun glistening on her champagne and white coat, and not at all here for him. Finley debated turning around and slipping back into his eternal hiding. He was at least good at that. Instead, the stallion raised his head and pinned his ears into the swath of thick mane. "Fuck." He stated loudly.

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stallion | mutt | 15.2hhs | Smokey Black | Angel x Xiomara

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