Blue
The part of Blue that was trained so well to ignore weakness wanted to scoff at the emotion showing on Summanus's face. To loudly declare herself above this and leave in a huff... Except, he mentioned the war... taking too many families...
It struck something, a memory surfaced of speeches held deep in the depths of the earth. Talks of changes, of ending all wars, of the death of a God....
Blue felt a headache coming on...
She clacked her fangs together in frustration.
"I know I can't ask this of you Blue, but tomorrow I'm going to die. I can feel your power, you have tremendous strength lying deep inside of you. I know you don't feel the same way about the others as I do, but if you can find it in yourself to do it," It was then Summanus looked towards her one more time, "Could you protect the others for me when I'm gone?"
Suddenly her bright blue eyes began to glow in the darkness as if someone had just lit a torch. She looked down on Summanus, her face and body, expressionless now. All signs of frustration and mixed emotions was gone...
This was something she could not do. At all. This, she was sure of.
Or else she would be immediately killed.
But...
She didn't say anything, she just kept looking at Summanus... Time slowed down in her head and soon, it was apparent... She wasn't just looking at him.... No, she was staring into him.
Unlike her mother who had the Alvan ability to see someone's fears and psychologically disable them, Blue showed no talent for it. She showed another ability instead, one she kept hidden from Nova and everyone else.... One she was thinking of using on Summanus now...
"You know I can't." She growled matter of factly. From his story, she could tell he had been in this position before. But she wondered if he knew, just how quickly she would be killed if she ever even fantasized about rebelling against her Alpha, and her pack.
She let out a breath, and the confusion that had fogged her brain cleared. The shadows receded and the fire light shown upon her bloodied muzzle and paws. "I am what I was made into, and that won't change."
She lowered her head, almost as if defeat. "I'm sorry..." The whisper was low, so low, one might not even hear it.
Earlier in the day, she had helped to slay some rebel scouts... it was their blood that still coated her fur...
There was a loud growl that echoed through the cells, coming from a wolf stationed further up... telling her, that her time was up.
Blue left Summanus in his cell...
She had one last job to fulfill while she was here in Tenneth country. And that involved going back to spy on Nova's group of Rebels...