Swiftcurrent Creek New waters

Shadow returned her smile, one that reached the sterling of his eyes, and offered her a few words of encouragement. She had no need to thank him for being someone she could keen on, for they were pack-mates. It was their duty as a group to be there for one another. His thoughts were so like hers that the realisation set her heart aflutter, and she cast aside the memories of Danica's wariness, Scimitar's coolness, the way Bazi looked at her as though she might rob her off something. Because when Shadow looked at her, she found in him the warmth and acceptance she'd been craving for months.

"Well," she flicked her tongue over her upper lip, as she eyes the silver male curiously. "Tell me about yourself. Have you lived here long?" Paarthurnax blinked up at her taller companion, eager to develop conversation with him and shoo her heartache away.