Legacies of Set

Set barely let her finish the thought, emotions swelling in his usually steady, if not brooding demeanor.

He didn't know one could feel such conflict inside of them. He was heartbroken for his friend - his spouse? His future mate, but above all, he was terribly angry. He seethed, wanting to swaddle her in the blanket she was in, hide her from the world, and then level the fox clan to the ground. By her description that village was facing extinction as it was, he may as well quicken it. How dare anyone treat a female this way? Let alone the terrible mate, the entire village had done her wrong. What kind of backwards society had she found herself in?

At this point, he had forgotten how unnatural Shuule must have been to others. As a snake, he was equipped better to know how it felt to be on the outside, rather than the community choosing to exclude. He was only a two striped beastmen, but he also was only the same age as Shuule - seventeen - and so was formidable considering he had al