Alpine Lake and so it begins

He was surprised by her admission – but refrained from commenting too in depth on it. As a wolf who had never been in love before, nor considered what such an emotion would bring to his life, he still was not foolish enough to perhaps link Aria’s self spiral as linked to her past. She held little confidence in what she did, despite what airs she tried to put out to the world – but perhaps this new place would change that for the better.
 
“You didn’t,” he offered, sweeping his muzzle out to give her a gentle nudge to the shoulder in friendly deference. “But for what it’s worth, he sounds like an ass.”
 
Little did he know that the ass was his twin sibling.