Title: Life's not living and living ain't free
Prompt: "Death"
Season: Winter
Timeline: Pre-Series
Gone.
She woke to the sound of calm.
There wasn't a trace of either of them when she woke that morning expecting to hear their discombobulated chatter. Swallowed up in the silence, she searched the rooms in the Minka for them and their belongings.
When she couldn't find them in the house, she ventured out the farm houses. Her horses still remained, but there wasn't any sign of them there either. Standing in the middle of her property she listened for the sounds of human life, anything that would let her know they were nearby. Inspection of the well and the doorways of the buildings let her know the protective charms weren't broken or removed, so they had to have left under their own power.
Without telling her.
She reentered the house and searched for one last time. The only thing of theirs she found was Diend's knife and a note addressed to her Deker, both of which were next to her bed. Opening the letter she tried her best to read his shaky handwriting.
Dalia
I'm sorry, but I could not in good conscious stay with you.
I have to see if I can't find my company and Diend's.
If they're still alive, I'll see what I can do for them.
I love you, I hope you are not too angry with me.
I'll promise to return, if you'll have me.
Decker
"Bastard," Dalia growled balling the paper up and tossing it across the way. There was no forgiving this kind of cowardice.
[WINTER'S END]
