Morning Promise [Eclipse, Irving]

[Captain (Irv)]

The coyote regained her footing before one could blink, her toxic green eyes rested on Eclipse's form and she snarled again. Jetting towards the pair again, but stopping just a few feet short of them.

"My quarrel isn't with you! But you Tharin --- Oh, just be thankful I haven't killed you yet. What the hell did you do to Nienna?" She hissed, her airy voice carried through the clearing. Resonating loudly in the quiet afternoon air.

"Liotie..." Tharin whispered, finally able to talk. "Liote, I know nothing of what's happening to Nienna." He murmured. His eyes traced her familiar figure, resting nervously on those green eyes... those snake eyes that glinted like emeralds when she was angry and softened to a light, spring green when she was happy. Everything about her seemed so strange now, haggard. Lifeless. She looked like a shell of the female she used to be and it pained him greatly.

Liotie laughed bitterly, a noisy cackle that shook him to his core. "How am I to believe you? You lie over the smallest things. You left your family, your children. You left me, Tharin. You think I'm just going to believe you now and act like nothing ever happened between us?" She snarled.

"And you, fae wolf... Do not listen to a word he says. He speaks no truths and manipulates everyone as if they were made of clay..." Liotie added, her ears plastered flat to her skull.

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[Eclipse]

Eclipse listened, ears pinned. She was unsure who to listen to. So far everything she blamed him of, he had admitted to minutes before. She decided to keep listening.

Then she noticed the way his eyes traveled the she-coyote's body, ending on her eyes, and the pain in them. He still loved her. The realization came, harsh as a bucket of cold water on a summer day, with the bite of frozen chunks raining down on your head. She shrank away, recoiling slowly, eyes transfixed on the coyote. She was very beautiful. And obviously she was yet another secret of Tharin's. Eclipse shook her head furiously, bittersweet bile in her mouth. She had finally started trusting him again, and then this?!

She couldn't believe some males. And apparently her new mate was one of the many, despite what she had believed of him. Unable to share secrets of their past, for fear of losing their newest addition to the collection. Well, she wasn't going to stick around anymore.

With a swish of her tail she backed off, turned around, and took off.

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[Captain (Irv)]

Liotie's lip drew towards her nose in a disgusted snarl as she watched Eclipse run away. Tharin could only watch her go, though he let out a sharp, pained cry. He knew if he chased after her, Liotie would only follow and make things worse. Tharin stayed still, hoping this whole thing would go away --- that if he didn't move she would no longer see him and move off.

"You pathetic piece of shit. You never told her about me, did you?" She growled. Tharin's voice went missing again, his attempt at getting a comeback was lost with it. The coyote snaked her way towards him, her body moved as fluidly as a drop of water. She was within centimeters of his face, looking as if she was seconds from kissing him. Or ripping it clean off, she still hadn't decided that yet.

"You thought you could leave all this behind... Everything." Liotie laughed bitterly, her voice keeping to just barely above a whisper. Occasionally cracking with an inconsolable rage. "I'm not one to be easily forgotten, Tharin. You know that... and I refuse to stand idly by while my daughter--- our daughter--- is in danger. Now, you can just tell me everything you know about what's happened to her... Or I destroy everything you've ever held dear." Liotie drew herself back to full height, her viper-like eyes watching for his next move. It was like watching a cat play with a mouse before eating it, she knew she had him right where she wanted him. When Tharin did not respond she laughed again, a cold and frightening sound.

"Very well, you seem to know nothing. Lets go see what your new object of affection knows." She growled. Her body moved smoothly around him, not giving chase towards Eclipse, but calmly following her. Tharin felt nothing but a chilling numbness. His whole world had just come crashing down. He didn't even bother to look away from the spot Liotie was previously standing.

[OOC: Passing thought, but what if Eclipse was pregnant with one of his pups? If she returns to Red in a state like that, everything would finally be on the table about Tharin/Eclipse/Redclaw's confusing love triangle. xP]

[Eclipse]

OOC: Well, let's see. I like the idea, but it would need some working out. When she found him, she rescued him from his pack as they were ripping him apart in torture. She made him think she was a virgin, so she can't be pregnant then. How about she gave birth, raised the pup in secrecy, then found RC?

Eclipse kept running, then she was out of breath and had to stop. She wasn't able to go far, because she was in the beginning stages of pregnancy. She had meant to tell Irv, but the his mate had shown up.

On that subject, the pain was ripping through her heart and soul. He had kept secrets from her! She didn't mind the secrets themselves, many wolves left their mates, she minded that he had kept them from her! That was almost as bad as lieing!

She laid down beside a creek, panting hard. The growing pups inside her needed to be strong, and to do so, they fed off of her own strength, which left her out of breath and easily tired.

OOC: Sorry it's so short, not much I could put x3

OOC: Please stay on the look out! Soon we'll need you to enter RC and I's RP to RP out the confrontation with him and Tharin.

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[Captain (Irv)]

Liotie finally caught-up and carefully nudged Eclipse's shoulder. Stressed, angry and scared, she wanted no fight with the female Tharin took advantage of. Her expression was gentle, tired. She curled-up besides Eclipse, green eyes seeming to look through her rather than at her.

"Miss, I'm just trying to find my daughter. I did not mean any offence to you --- After all, I doubt you've had anything to do with my child's abduction." The coyote sighed. Tears welled in her eyes, though she was too strong to allow any to fall. Her ears swept back to hear Tharin getting up, but moving no father than the body and slowly start clawing at the surface dirt.

"Please help me find her... Tharin --- and you, miss, are the only hope I have." Liotie seemed to almost purr due to her trembling breathing. She would be damned if she would brake down now, this female had enough on her plate as it was. Plus asking someone for help seemed to be one of the hardest things for Liotie. Admitting to something she couldn't do herself just killed her.

[OOC: -is confused- Wait... When was Tharin getting tortured? Oo; Anyway, I think that would work. She could've conceived in the glowy cave and a cub could've resulted... It only takes one time, y'know? Eclipse could've easily raised it without him knowing since Tharin's always on the move but rarely takes notice of anything other than a shiny trinket or a prey animal. And okily-dokily, I'll keep an eye on it! ]

[Eclipse]

OOC: Lol I meant RC. RC was tortured, but he thought Eclipse was a virgin, so when she leaves Tharin she'll need to raise the pup, then go to Redclaw.

Eclipse shivered, resisting the urge to run away again. She was unsure about this whole fiasco. "I am not sure what help I would be. Especially if Tharin won't tell me the truth. I need to give birth soon, then I want to be on my way, which is not where liers lurk. I will be leaving as soon as I can." SHe spoke with way more confidence then she felt, and when she was done she breathed slowly, trying to catch her breath.

[Captain (Irv)]

Tharin dug fervently at the forest floor, escaping from his problems for the moment to bury the dead. His claws clacked and scrabbled loudly against the thick frost that clung to the leaves and dirt, pawpads splitting and bleeding against the cold earth. His mind spun, what the did he get himself into? Why did he lie to Eclipse? He simply had to tell her that yes, he had another mate and a cub resulted. That yes, he left them to chase after a lost human ship rumored to be just west of the caverns. He raised his elegant head, the scent of the other two were near-by, but out of sight. Tharin felt it would not be in his best interest to interrupt them now...

Liotie nodded silently, her face expressionless. Though, her body shook to its core. Hearing that this female was pregnant worried her; If this wolf didn't come with her, Nienna may be lost for good. But if she did, she risked endangering her life and the life of her unborn pups.

"Please, miss..." the coyote begged, her ears flattening again. Though not in hostility, it was fear. "My daughter does not trust any brute, nor does she know who her father is. She's running from me for reasons I am not yet sure of and... and I could really use another female's help." Liotie stood up and backed away, her gaze turning to the sky. The mid-afternoon light struck her fine features, and for a moment she stood there. Sending a brief prayer to the gods before backing away.

"Miss, I beg you to think on it... I shall return to the creek at sundown to hear your answer." Within seconds she had disappeared back into the undergrowth, presumably to follow her daughter's scent trail as far as she could.

[OOC: Sounds fine to me. ^^;]

[Eclipse]

[OOC: KK!]

Eclipse nodded. "Let me speak to my," SHe paused, grimacing, "My mate, and see what his explanation for this is. Depending on him, I will decide to either follow you, or leave him forever." She lifted her lip with sorrow, then stepped through the bushes, laying down to think a moment. She whimpered, letting Tharin know where she was. It was his decision now...

[Captain (Irv)]

Tharin's lean muscles moved smoothly to pull the coydog towards the ditch. She weighed next to nothing, but he still strained to keep his own body from falling in with her. With a final tug, he had unceremoniously dropped her in just as the sound of his mate's whimpers hit his ears.

Tharin padded foreword on long, limber legs. His tall head ducked in both shame and fear as he approached from behind, his eyes trying to focus on anything other than her solomon features.
"E... Eclipse... You don't have to agree to this..." Tharin murred, surprisingly, his charm had escaped him. He was nothing more than a worried father, a liar and a scam --- and he knew it. "I'm sorry I got you into this mess... If you want no more to do with me, I can't say I blame ya. Hell, I don't even want to be around me right now."

[Eclipse]

Eclipse laughed, not amused, it was more cold and uncaring. "And so you shouldn't." She blamed cruelly. Right now she honestly hated him. He had kept his all from her, giving her back broken fragments in return for the whole chunk that she gave him.

"Just tell the whole story, and let me decide." She snarled coldly. She kept her gaze away from him, her back turned to his face on purpose. She was unfeeling, uncaring to what he was feeling now. And along that thought line, she had no idea what the hell he was feeling right now, or what he had ever actually been feeling. Maybe this female had been with him between the time of Eclipse and Tharin becoming lovers and now. Maybe he had been cheating on her! She didn't know, and now was his chance to explain.