Chapter 39
An Omegas job.
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I’m sitting in the kitchen, it’s dark outside the windows and I can hear a wolf howling in the distance.
No, he’s not howling, he’s crying.
I look down and, on the table is a nket or what used to be a nket. It’s ratty and worn with holes
destroying its once beautiful pattern. I walk to the sink and below it I open the cab to reveal a
beautiful ornate sewing box. It’s wooden with wolves of all different shapes and sizes carved into it. The
box itself is massive and when I pick it up, I have to readjust as it’s almost too heavy to lift. When I sit it
next to the nket on the table, I notice an engraving on the side, Swiftmane Pack
961. 1961.
I open the box to reveal perfectly cut pieces of cloth, multiple colours. and thickness of thread and
dozens of sewing needles.
I sit in one of the chairs and get to work fixing the nket. Each hole seems bigger than thest. Some
holes seem to have a crusty edge. almost like it’s been burned into the very fibres. I carefully scrape
the burnt pieces off andyer each section with padding before I put a fresh patch over it. Each patch
gets a second and third passing to ensure I haven’t left any holes. No point in fixing something if it’s
just going to break again.
Once I’m done the sun is shining through the windows and I can see a grey–haired woman sitting on
the porch. I pick up the nket and walk outside. As soon as I open the door, she turns to look at me.
She has grey, almost white hair in a tight bun. Her red rimmed sses hang from a chain around her
neck, her face is graced with lines that disy a full life.
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“Ah, you fixed it. I knew you would.” The olddy says. She’s rocking. back and forth in the chair.
“The wolf…it stopped crying.” I say to thedy.
“Of course, he has. If you did a good job on the nket, you won’t ever hear it again.”
“I’m sorry, I don’t understand.” I say to her,
“You will, my dear. Give Fraction my love.” She says taking the nket from my hands.
The walls are made of fabric, and I can hear the wind howling outside. The tent I’m in isn’t big enough
to stand up in and barely big enough to lie down.
I start to panic when I realise there is water on the floor. I get on my hands and knees and start to feel
along the bottom seams of the tent. Eventually I find a hole in the fabric. It’s small but growing with
every ssh of water that makes it through.
Turning in a circle to look for something to block the hole I see the wolf engraved sewing box. I quickly
swing it open; it has more stuff in it than before. There is a collection of buttons, some zips, more
threads. and more needles. The swatches of fabric are gone.
As I pull off some thread and a needle. I notice an engraving on the side of the box. This one is below
the other. It reads. Swiftmane Pack 1974. I trace my fingers over it, I can feel every groove and scratch
used to form the words.
I quickly turn back to the hole and start to steadily sew it up. The fabric is tough and it’s hard to get the
needle through. After a few passes with the needle, it snaps in my hand. I grab another needle.
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opting for a thicker one this time and start again. This time the needle. has no issue with the fabric.
Once I’m done, I run my fingers along the sewed area looking for any weaknesses.
“A fine repair.” I spin around to see the little olddy sitting next to the sewing box.
“Where did youe from?” I ask her.
“Ie when I’m needed. Swiftmane Pack hasn’t needed me since I passed in 1974.” She pats the
sewing box.
“It’s your sewing box?” I see her smile.
“It was to be passed down from Omega to Omega. There was no other after me though. So, it has
been gathering dust and is unable to do its purpose.” She looks sad as she pushes the box towards
me. “Use it well, little wolf.”
“What’s its purpose?” I ask, I don’t hear her answer.
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