Moonspear rock the boat

His easy dismissal of her question had the air whooshing out of her lungs like a well-aimed punch. Sometimes it was hard to understand Nikai - and other wolves in general - when her own mindset was so different. But she remembered talking with Aditya as Chaiyya, and trying to process a similar goodness in Morningside's leader. She couldn't help but think that no one would ever be as genuinely good as Nikai, though. It had made her uncertain in the past, but now that she was older and a fair bit wiser, she found herself more able to appreciate this quality in the male.

He embraced her without question, and Alya let out a tiny sigh and folded herself into her old friend. Her oldest friend, actually - she wasn't in contact with anyone else. Remember when we met? she asked, the memory bringing a sheepish grin to her face. She'd been quite taken with the boy even then.