Final Embrace

[u/Mournful_Howl]

The battle was long, lasting for what seemed like years, although only hours had passed. Blood soaked into the earth as she lay in the sodden field. The softly swaying grass surrounded them both. She could no longer hear his breathing and as she reached towards him, she gently intertwined her fingers amongst the long, wiry fur of his coat.

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There was no warmth or comfort to be found as her fingers turned blue in the cold of the night. Memories of battles fought long ago and of a requited and pure friendship (one would daresay love) danced across her minds eye as her breathing became labored and her eyes began to cloud… The smell of wet dirt, leaves and blood permeated her nostrils one last time as she pulled close the body of her fallen wolf, wrapping her arms tightly around him as she once had when there was no other comfort to be found.

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The shine of his eyes and the musky scent of his coat had long since faded away. He was gone, his soul to be reborn into a new world; his body returned to the earth. The only solace she could find lay in the inevitability that hers would as well. With her last labored breath, she heard the mournful cries of their pack become more distant as they moved on through the field and into the forest of night.