Parenthood Continues into Adulthood [Valeria/Joining]

[Raksha]

Shaken and disheveled, Raksha took unsteady steps away from the too smooth cave. Vivid yellow eyes checked for an exit—anywhere that was not Kairos. Anywhere was better than here. Just as she had been doing before, the Eastern Timber fae began to run, black paws thudding against the ground. Where would she run to? Sure, anywhere was better than here, but that did not mean that any old place would do.

It seemed that there was a scent in the distance, something faintly feminine. After Mukesh and the Kairos brute, Rak had lost quite a bit of trust in males so perhaps some female company would help her to calm down. She did not want to be a burden, but, hopefully, a fellow she-wolf would be kind enough to lead Raksha to somewhere safe. It was at this thought that Raksha was reminded of the rumours told to her a female-dominant pack. Some of the rumours were a bit extreme, like that they tortured whatever male that they could find, but that seemed unlikely so she ignored it. All that Rak wanted was sanctuary from the worst males—males in general to be extra safe, but not all males were dangerous so Valyn would act as a good filter from the hostile ones.

Panting, the female's escape came to a halt when the Kairos aromas were the strongest, meeting with a more feminine scent. Word had spread quickly about how Kairos had taken Valyn from its original home, forcing them to Kamari. If that was Kairos land then that would have been Acerbus from what she had heard... So this would be Kamari, where Valyn resided.

Not wanting to intrude again—her encounter with that scarred barbarian had scared her off crossing borders ever again—the small, black-and-cream femme stood with shaking legs at the line in which the scent markers lay, ever so slightly closer to Valyn. Surely this did not count as intruding, and even if it did, the punishment could not be worse than what the gigantic male had done to Raksha?

Seeking the Alpha, or Seraphim as the rumours said, the female threw back her head and howled with a slight note of caution towards the prairie stretching out in front of her. The last thing that she wanted to do was to attract Kairos attention again, so she was careful to direct the sound towards Kamari only.

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Words: 408
Tags: Valeria
Notes: Just noticed that Ember got Ciar's joining thread up just when I started typing this post out X3
Muse: Decent

[Valeria]

The pack lands were booming once again. With the influx of new members to Valyn, the femme was once again patrolling her lands with ease, searching out those who might have tried to sneak through their borders. With her brothers, along with some of the newer members of the pack standing behind her, Val could not help but feel more confident about their location and the life she was building here. While she might have doubted at first that this could work out, the pack was stronger than ever. It helped that she was growing more familiar with her siblings, but that was not the only thing. The pack had many unrelated members seeking refuge with the pack. Valeria was far more selective in her pack mates, but that did not mean that she would turn away someone who needed help. And so when a distressed cry rang out over the horizon, the alphess found herself hastening toward the voice.

Valeria recognized the more frantic sound of the cry, and while she did not recognize the caller, that did not mean she would delay. The black and golden alphess galloped across the prairie, her golden paws dancing against the dead grasses beneath her. As she drew near the border between the now Kairos lands and her own scent markers, the femme spied a smaller femme lingering along her borders. She approached the wolf with caution; who could know why she was calling? The alphess dipped her head slightly in greeting to the stranger. "I heard your call. I am Valeria, the Seraphim of Valyn. What brings you here?" she asked kindly, her golden eyes searching the stranger's face.

Clearly things were not alright, but that did not mean she should not adhere to proper etiquette. As much as she wanted to usher this wolf away from Kairos lands and protect her from whatever chased behind her, she knew that, if she was as shaken as she appeared, there was a likelihood that she would also lash out at the alphess. Valeria would not hesitate to protect herself, but cornering the stranger would do her no good, either. This new wolf would have to come to her first. She had opened the door for her, but only she could let herself in.

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Word Count: 382 words
Tags: Raksha
Notes: I feel like most of my posts right now are garbage D: I'm sorry!

[Raksha]

Promptly following Raksha's call, a dark form began to rush over to the caller. The female approaching Raksha seemed somewhat similar appearance-wise. As the large femme grew closer, Raksha spotted golden markings rimming her lips as well as gold-marked paws, more vibrant than Raksha's own facial markings but still sharing the yellowish maw. Her eyes were also golden, more orange than the vivid yellow of Raksha's optics but they still struck Raksha as rather similar.

Shaken and in shock, Rak did not think to react even when the towering she-wolf reached the smaller fae. The dark wolfess who had approached her somewhat lookalike introduced herself as Valeria, the Seraphim of Valyn. Kindness was heavy in her voice, to Raksha's relief, and it seemed that the Seraphim had no intentions to drive the frightened loner away. So this was Valeria. The wolf that Raksha had only heard rumours of, the one that she also happened to be looking for. Valyn probably had quite a few more members than Valeria herself and Raksha would not have been able to go through being referred to Valeria by a normal member in her current flighty, therefore impatient, state of mind.

"What brings you here?"

A flashback to what had just happened overcame Raksha, every gruesome detail gripping her every sense as a brief period stretched out, breathing hitching before slowing down as Valeria's gentle face came back into view. It was not something that the rape victim wanted to talk about so she, shakily, gave a vague overview of why she had fled to Valyn's borders and not loner lands.

"Kairos... One of their brutes... They... They took advantage of me." She could not let them get away with it, but how could she do that if she was unwilling to talk about it? Whenever her eyes shut a scarred face came into view, a towering build of dark grey dotted with white... Why was it affecting her so badly? "In my past... Males have not proven to be the most trustworthy. I'm sure that not all of them are bad, but I have heard of Valyn's ways... Perhaps I can find a home here, if you'll have me of course. I can do my share of the work, care for the young and elders, hunt for food..." She knew of the Warrior and Healer rank in packs, but she did not feel like fighting. She was tired and felt weak, not like a warrior ought to feel. And healer... After what Mukesh had done, plants that changed the ways of the body was the last thing that she wanted to handle as a pack duty.

Would Valeria turn Raksha down because they thought that Kairos was pursuing her? She knew of how the pack of barbarians had taken away their original home so they might not want her because of that... "Don't worry about K-Kairos going after me... They told me to never come back so I doubt that they would pursue me..."

This was terrible. Could she live the rest of her life in fear like this? Surely not. She still had many years ahead of her. This was probably just a short-term effect...

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Words: 573
Tags: Valeria
Notes: So sorry for the wait! <3
Muse: Good

[Valeria]

The Seraphim listened patiently as her new found companion rushed out her problems. A snarl swelled up in Valeria's throat, and she had to fight the urge to spit in the direction of Kairos lands. Those wolves were nothing but trouble to this world, and if it were Valeria's last breath, she would not hesitate to waste it cursing the name of the god forsaken pack. However, she had to keep from scaring the smaller femme, so she fought back her personal prejudices, instead opting to show kindness to this stranger. She had done nothing to deserve such treatment; no female should be forced bred, no matter who they were.

"Be still, hun. No one will come after you here. Over my dead body will those Kairos scum set foot on my lands in search of you," she reassured the femme. "Pray, tell me your name. This is a land of sanctuary, and no one will hurt you here. I swear it." The lands of Valyn were quickly becoming more of a haven and less of a pack plagued with the reputation of oppression. With her family by her side, they were stronger and better than ever before. Though there was a dark cloud hanging over their heads with the imminent passing of her father, Valeria would not stop until they were back in their homelands. She had promised it to Vorilye, and it seemed that this femme was rushing from their former territory in this state. There was not much longer that she could allow their filth to sully the ground of their homelands. Soon, the time would be upon them to strike back at Goliath, Typhon, and Sabaoth: the sworn enemies of Valyn.

"I do not worry that they will come here. My family will protect you," she soothed the femme again, hoping that her words would settle the newcomer to an at least reasonable state. Right now, she seemed to be on the verge of hyperventilating, and she was not sure how quickly Evani could get here, or quite frankly, how soon she wanted her skills put to the test. Valeria would have to instill a sense of security in the femme before she would go around the others, or so it seemed. The alphess was surprised that she had not bolted at the sight of the larger femme, but Val was glad she had not. "Of course you can have a place here. I am certain that you will be more than useful in my pack," she nearly crooned to the femme, her golden eyes conveying her sincerity to the scared wolf. Valyn would always taken in those scorned by Kairos; it would be foolish of her to turn away anyone who had such similar feelings toward the cause of Valeria's misery.


Word Count: 469 words
Tags: Raksha
Notes: Beep boop bloop post.

[Raksha]

Things swayed ever so slightly, vision swimming. Creamy paws, however, remained firmly rooted to the ground as vivid yellow eyes met golden ones. Valeria promised sanctuary and protection, to ensure that Kairos did not harm Raksha again... What had she done to deserve protection? Cause the deaths of innocent lives? Guilt momentarily overwhelmed the primarily dark femme, pushing out the shellshock from the most recent situation. There was so much in her past that she wanted to leave behind... And then the alphess asked for the smaller fae's name. The name that she had associated with these terrible things... But she should not lie about it. She could not hide from the truth, from who she was.

"Thank you, Valeria. I really do appreciate it... I'll do what I can to help out with the pack—just tell me what needs to be done. And my name is Raksha."

What perked Raksha's interest was when Valeria mentioned that her family would protect Raksha. Did she live with her family? That was lucky... And perhaps there was luck in what had just happened. Perhaps Raksha had conceived and she would have family again... Pups to care for and revere... It delighted her last time round and Rak would not mess it up the next time—obviously, if there was a next time. Even if she would never mother pups again, she was now in a pack—Raksha took a moment to be in awe of the fact that she was in a pack, another one, a fresh start—and packs were bound to have pups sometime along the line, right? All pups were equal and just as deserving in the now-Principality's eyes and they were all adorable bundles of fur, each one as fun as the next. No matter whether or not they were her own...

Snap out of it, Raksha. Focus, Raksha silently instructed herself. But, at the thought of family, anyone's family, there was a new light in the wolfess' gem-like yellow eyes. A mix of past and future—hope, and a new day.

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Words: 366
Tags: Valeria
Notes: Shitty post is shitty. I wanted to get this up, though! Maybe one or two more posts and we can finish this?

[Valeria]

There were many things that tugged on Valeria's heartstrings, but an oppressed female was certainly close to her own heart. She was still sore about the harsh invasion of her home by Kairos, and now they were going around raping and pillaging the continent? A disgruntled sigh slipped from the femme's golden lips, the reality of the situation settling in around them. She was really here, taking in refugees from the crimes of Kairos into her home. And she would continue to do so as long as her pack existed, for the disdain that she carried for those creatures bled from her every pore. Though she was the first to come across into Valyn territory, Valeria could not help but believe that she would not be the last.

"Well, Raksha, welcome to your new home," she offered politely to the smaller femme. Though this was an unconventional meeting for them, Valeria had no doubt that Raksha would find a place in the pack. "I do home you will be comfortable here... there are some males in the pack, but most of them are my brothers." She hoped that the femme would not be too petrified of males in general that she could not interact with the pack. It would be difficult if she could not co-exist with the others, at the very minimum. "Just let me know if there is anything I can do to make the transition easier for you." 

Though she had the reputation for being a little bit of a hard ass, the black and golden alphess truly did have a kind heart beneath the surface. Valeria was confident that they would continue to grow more stable. Their redemption was not too far in the future. The members of Valyn were resilient, and Valeria had every intention to move back into their Acerbus homelands. They were on the verge of a new era, and Valeria was confident that Raksha would help move them in the right direction.

"Welcome to Valyn, sister."


Word Count: 337 words
Tags: Raksha
Notes: Yeah I'm okay with that. My muse just totally tanked on this post so I get it.