Phoenix Maplewood DO NOT ENGAGE

come at me, @Ukko

Easy wandered the outskirts of the maplewood, tracing the line of Dawn and Aditya's scent markers. Each time she passed one, she fought back a rueful wince. Shame had a way of lingering unlike any other emotion. It was like a scent she couldn't wash out of her pelt, and every time she caught wind of it, it was as bad as the first time she'd scented it.

The worst of it was that she still pined over him. Even after swearing to herself that she'd never betray Dawn again, she couldn't stop herself from thinking about how warm he had been beside her, and how his eyes had sparkled at her from underneath his lashes. He was so... so handsome. Yuck! Who even was she?

Shaking her head and cringing in residual embarrassment, Easy continued on her path. It seemed silly to dwell on such things, but since she couldn't keep her mind off it, she might as well be doing something useful. Patrolling Dawn's favorite haunts seems as good atonement as anything.