The Sentinels Before it's too late, stop trying to wait

Never. Just one word, but, what a difference it made. If there had been any doubts lurking in the shadows, trying to creep their way inside Osprey's heart and taint her happiness, then now they were gone. Because she knew that Dante had meant it and that she trusted him fully about this. The very feeling that she was someone's special person was amazing and put a responsibility too. But she did not fear this kind of connection, she wanted it, she enjoyed it. 

She turned so to nuzzle the soft fur on his lower neck and nape, inhaling the sweet and comforting scent and then sighing. "Sometimes you are too good to be true," Osprey said. "But that is, why I... love you so much." In a way she was similar to him, never throwing meaningful words around carelessly, but choosing them, when the moment was right. She had never said this to him out loud, nor would she do that often later, but she wanted him to know that the feelings were there and that they ran deep.