บท 53: You had freedom

—Present—

Belladonna sat starstruck listening to Miamoto tell this story, her mother was so insubordinate her father threatened her with death! What a woman Haila was! If she had one wish in life, it would have been to have her back, tears flowed from her cheeks and she cupped her face.

"Ah, yet here sits quite the opposite of Haira, her daughter, so fragile and meek, why do you cry Okami?" Miamoto asked.

"My mother was everything I wished I could be! Even her rebellious stage! I wanted to be more than this cowardly wolf! I wanted to end up a Luna to make her proud! Yet here I am, running with my tail between my legs, she would be so ashamed"

Miamoto sipped at his tea quietly watching the fire, then sucked at his lips which made Paula frown.

"Didn't you just hear my story?" He asked and Bella looked over her fingers "Bitterness my dear Okami, it comes in all forms, be it green tea or a dead mother, the question remains, will you accept it?"