King Elk Forest Love is the prize

"yeah," the boy muttered, the extent of his ability to reason, to speak. without another word, he drew closer to Laika in the water and drew her into his embrace. it was for selfish reasons, he supposed, wanting to feel the touch of another so soon after losing both Aria and Saena, but more than that, the she-wolf had touched a chord in Casmir he thought was dead.

he lay his muzzle over her soaked ruff and was silent, his eyes closing as he struggled to support her in her pain even as he drew from her all that she would give.