Strangers in the Storm ch. 1
This is part 3 of the In Darkness series. A fanwork of The Long Dark and the Borrowers. This story follows the story of Sage's parents (Maple and Dill) and what happened to them.
Why did they leave Sage?
Why did they go at the same time?
---Maple has lost everything thing. Haunted by regret and guilt over her choices. But there's no way to correct the past....the only way is forward. Faced with the challenges of surviving the wilderness on her own, will she trust this human who goes by the name Astrid? ----
-*Did it even matter.......?*-
-*It can't end like this......*-
-*I wish it killed me.....*-
-I deserve this... for what I did.....*-
-I can still fight.....still escape*-
-*With what? I lost my knife!*-
-*wish to go BACK......please let me go BACK!!!!*-
-*I shouldn't have left her*-
Maple hung from the talons of death. The strong talons of the hawk curled firmly around her middle, its curved claws --- in a stroke of luck missing her flesh. Her husband.....her soulmate in this life, wasn't so lucky. The curved claws had pierced his skin.
Or maybe he was the lucky one. Considering what her final destination was....perhaps it would have been a mercy to share his fate.
Her mind was at war with itself, consumed with regret, guilt, despair, and treacherous hope. The hope that she could still fight, still escape, still fix her mistake. Maybe she could slip away from the nest while her mate was consumed. Maybe she still had a chance to right her wrong. Maple's mind tore at her. With every fiber of her being, she wished she could go back and make a different choice. Even if she did escape, she knew deep in her heart it was too late to fix what she had done.