wine and dine

Last from me!

The evolution of the puppy hierarchy was fascinating. There was a quiet confidence to Allure that only surfaced when she really wanted something, and Bazi admired her daughter's mixture of grace and sass (a trait her mother liked to think was a direct descendant of her own character, but really wasn't). Swift, too, surprised her - and would continue to. This was the boy who would one day challenge a mountain lion, but he would defer to his pint-sized sister when it came to dinner. Bazi relaxed against the den floor, feeling her spine decompress and lengthen. After a hard morning's hunt, she was exhausted, and it wasn't long before one eye had fluttered shut - the most a watchful mother could afford.