Dawnlark Plains all that summer was fire and rain

Easy's features tightened briefly when her question was avoided, but she had already decided she would demand nothing of the woman. She let it go, and listened with interest to a brief summary of the woman's current state of affairs. Her ears perked at the mention of a mate more than at the mention of a pack.

"I've been travelling," Easy excused, which was a fancy way of saying she was not staying anywhere, at the moment. "There's no one with me, right now." But alone was such a strange concept to her; she thought it must be synonymous with lonely, and she was not that. Lonely or not, however, she was interested in getting to know the woman standing before her, and that would require time and proximity.

"I'm not expected back anywhere for a while," she hedged, not quite confident she ought to be suggesting this. "Maybe I could go back with you. For a little bit."