That was enough.
While Zeke and Rebecca were willing to be magnanimous with Markus, Hark wasn’t. And it showed in the way an ice spear planted itself between the man’s feet, missing his foot by mere inches as the hedgehog stood forward, cyan Emerald twirling near his shoulder, inner light flickering. How dare that human, that male, step over a female, a woman, thinking they’re weaker?!
The tone that Hark spoke in had no growl, no hate. But the command, the sheer power of it leaked through every word.
“You ungrateful child. You ungrateful, spoiled brat! You call women weak?! What is your mother, then? Someone you can step on?! She gave birth to you! Passed hours in labor to give you life! And this is how you thank her?! By stepping on the very reason you’re alive?! She could have had an abortion, decided that she didn’t want you. But she gave you life! She gave you everything at the price of her own happiness! And this is how you thank her?!”
Another ice spear was thrown, clearly missing Markus intentionally, but meant to induce fear.
“Get off this goddamn property! And don’t ever think about coming back or I will chase you to the ends of the earth and end your miserable existence.”
Rebecca was startled at Hark’s anger, her cold expression shattering into awe. Triton in her arms, his ears drooped down as his claws dug into her shirt.
“Ah…”
Rebeccas headphones had fallen down to her shoulders halfway through Hark’s rant, so she missed Markus’s squeak of fear. She didn’t miss him scrambling back from the ice spear Hark had thrown at him and practically running on his hands and feet to get away from the angered hedgehog. With her headphones off, her scarred ears were exposed.
Zeke was looking at Hark in awe, sniffing at him a bit before promptly licking his face.
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