Lost Creek Hollow don't you weep and don't you worry

I'll let you fade ;)

Harlyn was thoughtful as the conversation came to a close, though she was roused by her mate's touch. He turned to go and the alpha made to follow, but she paused suddenly and whimpered softly to regain his attention.

"Wait," she said, her face softening as she closed the distance between them and she leaned tenderly towards him to nuzzle against his neck, "I've missed you..." When she pulled back, there was a spark in her eyes that she knew her mate would understand. There had been some distance between them the past few weeks, and many times had Harlyn missed her partner in all senses of the term. Tonight was the first time in a long while that Mordecai had risen and stepped back towards his role as alpha, and it made her yearn for him to step back into his role as her mate (in the biblical sense, wink wink).