Always Left Behind [OPEN]

[Yuliya Dukhkin']

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Here she was again...left by herself at an overnight camp just outside the city. She had never been to the city...or any city. The most civilization she had ever come into contact with was sometimes she was allowed to pass through small villages. Her brother was in the city though, looking for work. She had said she could come to and help him and even look for work herself, but again he had said no, it was too dangerous, she needed to stay behind. It wasn't that she was really interested in the city. She hated people and she hated people with lots of people and she hated walls and roads and all those horrible solid things, but it still pained her that Amri still thought she needed to be protected. It'd been two years since she had been kidnapped and she had learned to fight much better, but he still took no chances.

“Good, you are not ready for the city,” she heard in Apollo's gruff voice.

“But cities can be lovely places sometimes, they're not as dangerous as he thinks,” Luna chimed in.

“Maybe if she goes with me!” Streak suggested.

“She'd go with all of us.”

Yuliya sent them all a look and went back to brushing Black Jewel. The mare was having a rare calm moment that Yuliya was taking full advantage of, not many times would Black Jewel stand still long enough for Yuliya to get her coat truly shining. But even though Yuliya loved brushing her horses, she couldn't help but sigh. She missed her brother and she worried about him. Often he would come back from his outings with wounds and she would have to try her best to mend them up but she wasn't a healer and he was often left with scars. But maybe if she went with him she could watch his back...but no, she was left here, with a hill between her and the road and a forest behind her and her horse, her two dogs, and a peregrine falcon who were her constant companions.