The Sunman watched as the sun fell. The busy work of the day coming to an end. There were not many nightstalkers among Moonglow, yet those few would remain active in the late hours, guarding the crater valley of home with a watchful eye.
As dusk came, Aiolos too watched and waited at the mouth of he and his wife's
ulaq. The day was a long one, Kukutux trip having come to an end and many of Moonglow wishing to return connection with their Moonwoman. Aiolos meant to return connection with his
wife. Now, when he sees her pale coat in the moonlight from a distance, he woofs out to her with impatient longing.
!!!
Aiolos embraced her deeply, kissing every inch of her he could reach while she scrambled around against him. Forelegs wrapping around him, urging him against the furs which lined their den.
And I have missed your everything.
He coos, ending then with a playful growling and tugging at the furs of her cheek with his small front teeth.
Tell me all where you have been. What you've done. Who you've met.
He is eager to know all what had kept her in the weeks she had been gone.
And he wouldn't object. He
couldn't possibly, despite all his worry. With all the time that had passed between them, he would love her like her loved her the very first time and as though it were the last.
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First she spoke of those of Hearthwood. She did not know the woman personally, but through Kukutux words and during the time of shared hunting. There were many wolves he knew of, their stories and their packs, through the words of Kukutux alone.
She spoke of Samani, her name whispered in his head but not aloud, for the sake of his wife and her beliefs.
Then she spoke of Chakliux, from his time here in Moonglow and the sharp memory of his desire for Samani, though she was promised to Rodyn. Now he was a respected member under his ranks.
Hhrmmmm...
A grumble under his breath as she teased.
Then, she is quiet a moment and when he speaks, his fiery gaze turns to her, aglow in the shadows of their den.
Always...
Yet their was a knotting in his brows and his lips pulled into a flat, unsettled line. She licked his shoulder and he lifted a paw, to press in onto the low of her belly.
I'm just so afraid...
He whispers, the truth only reserved for her.
Though their last two litters had come early in the spring season, their first litter had come as late as the last moon of summer! Aiolos still had time to be convinced or to deny her...