Greatwater Lake Free and swimming in my own blood

All around his neck, the skin beneath the fur had started to grow rather heated. He didn't like being breathed on, nor was he overly fond of being physically close to others, but even still he'd kept himself from moving away from her. The boy had kept still, allowing for her to remain as close as she'd wanted, but had been relieved the moment she'd pulled away. For why she'd done so, he'd not known at first, and he hadn't asked, either. Rather, his task of observing her was continued, the reason behind the distance eventually having been revealed, causing for Xan's body to stiffen. It was for but a moment that he'd thought his opportunity to lure her home was lost, but the notion was pushed past so that he could focus on redeeming himself. The female had not left, and so the opportunity to reel her back in was still there.

The answer to her question was thought over, the words being given a great deal of attention so that he might not send her away. "I need you to follow me back to my home and gain a place in the ranks there," began the boy, shifting so that he could better face her. "I'm in trouble with my pack right now, but bringing someone new to the woods might help them ease up some." Maybe have his sentence in Wolfskull reduced, for even though Adonis was there with him, the cave was uncomfortable and not at all to his liking. His desire for complete and total freedom had led to him then adding, "I'll owe you a favour if you come along with me." It pained him to say that, in some sense, for never had he found the notion of being in debt to someone to be a good thing; it was just barely tolerable for the young Inuit.