Silvertip Mountain All that glitters isn't gold to me

It was true that while they were mates they had never quite told each other the extent of their feelings. Niita wasn't sure when her crush on Steady morphed into something else, attraction was what she might have called it. Nor was she certain there was a point where Niita had realized she loved Steady. It just seemed to grow into love, and Niita was overjoyed to hear he felt the same. 

Steady relented with a sigh, saying she could give Zeke a stone but only if it was the prettiest one. It seemed like an odd request to her, the stones all looked the same but she nodded in agreement anyways. "Deal," she commented, perhaps unnecessarily.