Swiftcurrent Creek you call out

When she looked at him, he could see her for the young wolf she was. Naive and foolish. She wanted to trust him, to take his words and believe them with all her heart; but he saw the glimmer of disbelief just as she looked away, and Haunter did not blame her. A part of himself regretted saying what he said. He knew it was foolhardy to want to protect someone from the life of a wolf which was inherently dangerous, and especially for Fox, who seemed to draw trouble like a magnet...

And then there was another side of him, a wholly unfamiliar side that he could not deny. He had only wanted to protect and serve one other wolf in this manner, but she had refused him, and he had not opened himself up since. He wasn't exactly being open now, but he felt—with her—a capacity to do and say anything she asked, answer all of her questions, make her happy. And more than any of that he wanted to protect her—be her ever-lasting shadow. He could hardly explain any of this to her; he simply didn't know how.

She pulled away from him, and an unhappy growl pitched in the back of his throat, but he continued to sit, and did not approach her again. "I wouldn't dare lie to you," he said lowly, yellow eyes glancing from left to right and then settling on her injured shoulder. "I will stay, for as long as you'll have me, and I will be yours until I stop breathing." He did not mean as her lover. He didn't think he loved Fox—she was so young! But he did not feel fatherly or brotherly towards her either. Family was an unfriendly concept to him.

He couldn't explain the need she had suddenly spurred in him to be anything she wanted him to be, as he had not experienced it before. He had never wanted to stay with any one wolf and do as they bid. He had never been fond of authority, male or female alike, but this was different... She was different. And she had accepted him just as rough as he was, without prejudice or fear as he had been received so many times before. Haunter cared for Fox, and he wanted her to believe him, so he was willing to prove it.