The Sentinels You say...

Dante seemed happy and more at ease than Osprey had ever seen him, while he had been the leader. Even though she had never strived to be at the top of the ranks and therefore had a very vague impression of what it actually meant, she could relate to the sense of freedom he felt now. Putting the old way of life aside as well-worn coat and being at the beginning of an entirely new path was always exciting. 

And speaking of the latter... for few weeks now or to be more exact - ever since her conversation with Lasher - she had been toying around with a daring thought. During the recovery from her long journey, she had had a lot of time to think about her life up until that point - all the good and bad choices, things and events that had made her happy and on the contrary - made her depressed and miserable. Eventually about people that had entered her life and stayed there, becoming not just packmates but close friends, family even. While going through all of the memories, she had clearly realized one thing - that in a way she standing at crossroads again and the direction she would take would depend on what she was going to ask Dante and what his answer would be.

Funnily enough the courage to ask was the hardest thing to do and there had never been a right moment, even this one did not seem as the perfect one, but Osprey realized that it would not get any easier with time. "Dante... uhm... I have something important to ask you," she side-glance at him. "Just... before I do... regardless of what you answer, do remember that I will still be your friend. That won't change. I promise."