"i love you, mellah-kai," she whispered. "thank you."
mellah smiled. it was impossible not to. "i love you, too, child. now go on. say what you need to say. i'll be right behind you."
and with that...
mellah let her go.
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mellah poked her head in from the kitchen. "hello."
"hello, missus mellah."
"can i help with anything?"
"oh, no, i'm just boiling these for mother real quick. have to keep them nice and clean, you see."
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It was mellah-kai.
"child, what happened? did you fall?"
"i - no, it was -"
"come on, you must be freezing." mellah extended her hand, and renna looked at it as if she had never seen one before.
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"thank you, mellah. you're probably right. no, you're _definitely_ right. i just... no, i can't keep running forever. i have to face this."
"i'm glad i could help, dear." mellah gave her a light squeeze. "who is your mate, if you don't mind me asking?"
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He's always been a wolf of few words, but mellah knew sorrin was actually saying much, much more.
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Hours and hours spent reliving the last, horrifically short and unceremonious conversation he and mellah had had with their only child.
_'kay, gonna head out! bye, mother!_
_be careful, mellah._
_bye, father!_
_mrrhmm._
that was it.
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How on earth were they supposed to get mellah out of here?
"mellah! wake up!" bethany slapped her in the face. "mellah!"
"damn, beth!" one of the twins -
_(lefty! from now on he's just lefty!)
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mellah was standing right next to him, and when she gingerly placed her hand on his shoulder, sorrin took it in his immediately. "mellah here was the only thing that helped me get through it.
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Ander nodded, biting down hard on his bottom lip to keep from crying himself, but mellah wasn't done with him just yet.
"to share in each other's joys and halve each other's sorrows.
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mellah and renna were standing among the trees, well out of harm's way. mellah had her hands over renna's eyes, and she appeared to be whispering something in her ear.
all of them were together. they had stayed together since the start.
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