Gyrfalcon's Keep Amor vincit omnia, et nos cedamus amori

"Ah," said Grayday with a silly grin, "but that's because I was on the lookout then, too!"

He shoved his muzzle into the warm fur of her neck, enjoying the moment of closenes with his mate. Never before had he felt so... so safe with a woman. It was almost a foreign concept, that a wife should be as reassuring to him as he was to her. But with Catori, he finally felt as though he stood on even ground with someone. She was his to protect, but she was his shieldmaiden as well.

"I love you, Cat," he said baldly, feeling as though he couldn't say those words enough. He'd never get enough of her.