Moonspear Next time, I'll be braver

She smiled despite the heaviness of the situation, immediately liking the first two names he suggested. Those are nice names, she said. What do they mean? She had never heard anything like that, and she wondered if they had some kind of meaning to him other than wanting to give them to a previous litter.

She like the third name he offered even more. Acheron; I like that, Speedy replied, her smile growing a little. It was surprisingly easy to forget about everything going on around them while they were talking about names for the pups; it lifted her spirits some, and took her mind off of her guilt and fear for a little while.