Wapun Meadow Courtship and Pronghorns

Majesty had accidentally dozed off at some point, lying on his back with his paws splayed out. He snored lightly and smiled in his dreamless sleep. Something stirred him awake, though. At first, in his groggy, half-asleep state, he wasn't sure what it was, and rolled over onto his belly to see the world right-side up. And then he spotted Erika standing there and watching him, and smiling. "Ma Majesté," she said.

He grinned and stood up, shaking grass from his fur. "Erika, Ma Belle," he replied, coming towards her. "I hope you did not find trouble on your way here, and that all is well with the Mountain pack. I may not like Jinx or her way of thinking, but I wish no ill will on any member. I was a member once, after all."

He leaned down and gently, teasingly, nibbled at her ear, and something compelled him to whisper into it, "I missed you," in a painfully seductive voice that he did not recognize as his own. And then immediately afterwards he mentally scolded himself. Stop it, hormones. This is our first date. I'll have absolutely none of that.

He cleared his throat, gave her a lick on the nose, and smiled. "Are you hungry, Ma Belle? Does wild pronghorn sound good to you? I will catch one if you like."