Swiftcurrent Creek Do you believe in life after love?

the strained smile wasn't a surprise, but it still hurt. she must know. he glanced awkwardly away, wondering how she had known, who had told her. . . easy, he murmured under his breath, glad that she had accepted her birth name again. he had never really stopped thinking of her as such, though he'd given 'blackbear' the old college try.

and then she offered a name he hadn't heard in a long while, a wolf he'd thought long dead. lavender! he exclaimed softly, tail wagging. i'm so happy she is well. he hadn't known the sweet girl all that well, but he was pleased to know she had found a home elsewhere, among other family. dauntless? he queried, his gaze shy as he returned it to easy. he missed the strong young man, too.