Blackfeather Woods From the ground up

Burke laid there next to her as Malice shifted against him more. She confessed that she was had fallen even more for him now. To Burke this was only a confirmation that he had chosen right, that she did care for him truly. If she would have wanted him for his power she would have left him. He was powerless, old and difficult to communicate with. Not something that was easy to love.

Burke licked over her cheek. "Not sure how you even came to feel for me in this way," he admitted. But he was at least accepting it. He was not agreeing that they were keeping Malice inside the den until they were on solids. That meant that Malice would stay inside for a much longer time, like a prisoner. He didn't trust them, so his belief that they were going to let Malice try and prove herself seemed bullshit to him.