Swiftcurrent Creek Keep the car running — j

So sorry for the wait, you two. I appreciate you. <3

She watched shrewdly as the dark male was put on edge by her companion’s manner of response. Serengeti didn’t exactly begrudge him, but if he thought such a tame Razo warranted an indignant huff he was certainly in for some riling later. One of her very childish guilty-pleasures was watching everyone else’s reaction to the tawny stray, and she found she couldn’t repress a grin of her own. She had his scruffy back in any serious fracas, but he was more than capable of handling himself even then. A Redefin, she had learned, had inexplicable flair for getting in and out of trouble.

Her attention shifted back to catch Fox’s pointed glance before they were both grilled on a common though applicable question that was only ever asked by those who knew nothing about them. We’re not mated, she replied, matter-of-fact. There was really nothing more to say about it.