The windows were securely boarded, the door had been safely barred. Snow moss had been used to plug the little holes and cracks in the house and two men and two dogs had settled in for a week of quiet tension and mending all the little things that needed fixing, to keep hands busy and minds distracted from the horrors outside.
But as much as Jigano wanted to stay safe and warm inside, he had other promises to keep. None that would make him unbar that door and risk his mate, however. No, the banked fire proved his choice of exit, with a little bit of assistance and a lot of scrambling, he had made it up the chimney in his raven shape, covered in soot and coughing as he reached the roof and shook out his singed feathers ruefully. The Night was dark as pitch and he had flapped gingerly to the ground before taking off in his fox form, nose low and following the scent trails he knew well, orienting himself and striking towards the fields.
Once he was at the edge of the property he had shifted back to his human form, raising Soulkeeper up to shed the ghostly light across the grasses, a beacon in the dark. A touch of Healing cleared the smoke from his lungs and he began to sing, calling those souls that had been kept from Mort's halls and Ludo's guidance.
But as much as Jigano wanted to stay safe and warm inside, he had other promises to keep. None that would make him unbar that door and risk his mate, however. No, the banked fire proved his choice of exit, with a little bit of assistance and a lot of scrambling, he had made it up the chimney in his raven shape, covered in soot and coughing as he reached the roof and shook out his singed feathers ruefully. The Night was dark as pitch and he had flapped gingerly to the ground before taking off in his fox form, nose low and following the scent trails he knew well, orienting himself and striking towards the fields.
Once he was at the edge of the property he had shifted back to his human form, raising Soulkeeper up to shed the ghostly light across the grasses, a beacon in the dark. A touch of Healing cleared the smoke from his lungs and he began to sing, calling those souls that had been kept from Mort's halls and Ludo's guidance.
