Stone Circle try to stay on track this time

"Aw, greeneyes," he said when she put up a fight. It broke his heart to see her look so scared, but he was secretly a little flattered that she worried for him. "I'm not going far. 'Sides - one day you're gonna wanna go somewhere, and you wouldn't want me begging your dad to make you stay," he teased, leaning down to give her cheek a quick lick. "Maybe next time you'll come with."

Well - not next time. But maybe the time after that. Day turned away from the girl before he got too emotional - Steady's words didn't help any, either.

"That means a lot to me, Steady," he murmured with a hesitant smile and bright eyes. Don't say anything else this time, heven warned himself, almost laughing both at his stepid joke and the relief that the alpha's words caused. Instead of speaking, he stretched his neck to bump his head against the alpha's shoulder and touch his nose to his chin.

"See y'all in a week," he promised, waiting just a beat longer to see if anything more needed to be said.