Stone Circle A girl worth fighting for

Feeling much safer, Steph lightened up enough to return her mother's kisses with gusto. She was relieved that the big bad attacker was nowhere around, and that her mother and Moo had, she assumed, gotten rid of it so that it would never return.

She wiggled with delight when Moo came closer, and gladly gave him what he asked for. She covered his muzzle in kisses, only stopping to answer his question. She shook her head side to side, No, you and Mama stopped it, she replied, meaning it hadn't gotten to her because of the two adults. 

She smiled up to her Mama, and then back to Moo as Valette started to herd her toward the den. Moo come with? she asked, looking to them both, hoping he would. It was natural for Steph to want him near all the time, because they were so close.