Blacktail Deer Plateau beguiling

Grayday hummed in agreement, somehow very pleased with the idea that Dawn and the Spiritwalker might become friends, grow close. He'd not felt that way about Khoe, of course. He'd always been the possessive sort, and hadn't liked her trying to be a parent to his children until after they'd shared a litter of their own. But it wasn't as though Catori was trying to insert herself into his family; rather, Grayday found himself enamoured with the idea of having her for his own. She just seemed to fit in a way that didn't have to be labeled, although Grayday wanted more and more to be able to call her his woman.

"All your time."

Sentences were made short by distraction. He heard her voice as if through a tunnel, reluctant to focus on anything but the feel of her ghosting muzzle, but equally worried about missing something important in her words. She was teasing him, he knew, and he'd've liked to reply with something equally witty, but his brain didn't seem to want to process the words. "Yeah," he mumbled, leaning into her touch.