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Day gave a short sigh of relief as Mirabelle's compliance continued. He'd never known her to be so submissive, and to see her in such a way put him on-edge for some reason. It just wasn't natural.

Still, he began to groom the water out of her fur, offering his own body heat while she dried. If only everything weren't so damp, he'd ask her to roll in the dirt to get the water out. Better to be dirty than wet in this weather, but it didn't seem like they had a choice.

"Tell me what you mean, Belle," he said firmly, feeling a chill of his own as she spoke again. He had hurt someone? If she had, he'd take her to Steady at once, but he wanted to be sure before he brought her before the (often volatile) alpha. And, as he groomed her, he began to see that she had been hurt as well.