Chapter: Blake

'Hel-looooo!'

It has been a long time since Gambol Shroud had a soul mark.

There used to be words on the blade of her weapon. Words she had traced over and mouthed too many times to count.

And then, one day, they were gone.

The words that her soulmate had said, or would say, disappeared the same day she lost faith in the White Fang.

If that isn't telling, she doesn't know what is.

That was why she stayed for so long; hiding in the shadows – the back lines – of the organization she didn't want to risk her life for anymore.

Her soulmate is in the White Fang, and she wouldn't risk her life for them anymore.

She couldn't describe the amount of self-loathing and pain that brought.

Blake rubs her fingers over the new, large, padded word.

She just had one of those 'maybe' ideas she would get every now and then. Maybe she could sign up for the nearby - accepting applications - Beacon Academy. Maybe she could get a team she could trust. Maybe she could meet someone she would be proud to live and die for.

Staring at the moon, Blake had frozen when she felt the ribbon of Gambol Shroud shift against her arm.

The word is unlike the sentence that has been long-gone from her blade. The sentence had caved in, while this word pushes out. The sentence had stiff, cutting edges. The word is a bubbly font, cushioning against her arm.

She runs her fingers over the word; afraid it will deflate and leave her. It doesn't. It pushes back, and keeps the strap fitting comfortably around her arm. It is one word, yet she can imagine it being said with a smile; and mouthing it brings her lips twitching up.

It's decided then.

She's going to Beacon Academy to meet her happy, cushiony soulmate.

And Blake never thought she would describe her soulmate as 'cushiony'.

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