Dawnlark Plains ladybits

The powers that be must have been smiling down on her through the storm. Reek approached from an angle that allowed Bazi time to cover herself up. She did so quickly, hastily arranging her legs to cover the damp patch of belly, and turned to smile at the wolf that had flopped beside her. He had been caught out in the storm too, and smelled strongly of wet dog. His face, though no amount of smiling could make it beautiful, looked particularly dejected.

"It has. You look miserable, my good man," the mountain Alpha declared, squinting at her distant home as she said it. The winds whipped the rain into a mist, and sitting under a tree only did so much to keep them dry.