Raven's Watch Clear the skys

"I try to be as honest as I can."  he said with a smile when she commented on his compliment. In Howl's opinion not enough of the females in Teekon knew how pretty they were. Howl's past had made him move around a lot and being able to find a good looking female that was decent company between wars was something he appreciated. But now there were no wars, at least not effecting Easthollow, and he was free to wander upon beautiful women such as Hyacinth. Others might have been embarrassed to express their attraction to another but Howl was not one of those wolves. Hyacinth herself hadn't expressed such fondness, at least now directly, but Howl had a feeling that she at least liked his company.

As they were walking he heard her gasp as she almost tumbled over a few rocks. He took a hurried step in her direction, but she balanced herself out and laughed it off. No need to help her up from a fall. "Are you alright?" he asked in a humored voice to match hers. He wasn't too worried that she would be hurt, it didn't look like it caused her too much dismay, but he still thought it would be polite to ask.

As she began to talk about her life before Teekon, hearing about her learning medicine didn't surprise Howl, but then a moment later when she spoke of an abusive assigned marriage his thought changed drastically. It was such a turn of events. Howl's tone changed to one that was more serious.  "I'm sorry to hear that you had to go through that. But very happy that you found your way out of it. Guys like that need to be taught a lesson on how to treat women, preferably the hard way."  Howl said with a subtle ting of anger. Men who chose to abuse women were worth nothing to Howl and he felt that if he ever saw someone doing that he would be sure to correct their actions.

When she talked about how he could possibly come back for her he worried a bit. He didn't know this man and how persistent and possessive of Hyacinth he might feel. He thought her worth, but he wasn't going to say that, not at this moment it would only cause her worry. Howl wasn't used to this area and was able to tell if the scent on her coat was from a pack in the area or now. "Do you have a pack by chance? That could protect you if he were." he would offer his own protection but being in Easthollow he didn't think he would be able to hear her howl from here. Perhaps if she wasn't in a pack she could join Easthollow, howl thought, not knowing of her current position in another pack.