Ravenshook Cliffs make me flesh

he would not fault her if one broke -- as it was, he himself was unable to capture both eggs within his jaws, and so one must be left for another time. he led the girl back down the footpath and toward the emerald forest that set in cold silence, welcoming the air of autumn. full as their mouths were with the precious cargo, they could not speak, but after a span of minutes, they were within distance of the carefully marked border.

here he lay down the egg and looked to the woman with a surveying expression. "with this task you have aided in bringing sustenance to my pack. though it is small, the gesture of it, and your acceptance, means that you have fed myself, my mate, and my children, and i shall not forget it. that is my task -- there is a place now for you here, if you wish it, for i only needed know that you would give of yourself willingly."