Wild Berry Meadow promise

She can't shake the feeling that something is wrong, but she doesn't want to argue with Eleni and upset her further. She tries to return her smile instead, leaning into the embrace a little desperately, as if it might dissolve the strange tension suddenly between them.
It was... the day after we found them — Aldric and Araceli. Well, that night, It doesn't take her long to switch gears, of course. We spoke earlier in the day — I told him how I felt. And we... spent some time together. Her ears flush with heat, and she pulls from the embrace, clearly affected by the memory of her time with Aldric. A lovestruck smile tugs at her lips, unbidden. Her next words are tinged with a hint of uncharacteristic shyness, fading slightly toward the end. Then he asked me to be his mate — after a bit of prodding, of course.