Whitefish River Against the Rising Tide

What could he possibly do to make her happy? Well, the only thing he knew how and it was to be patient and give her time. Either one day she would accept his affections, or, she would completely reject him - one was better than the other, but he couldn't force someone to love him. All he could do was hope things would turn in his favor, and continue to shower her with adoration until then. 

He was certain even if she did refuse him, he might never fully stop loving the woman he saw. All he could do was maybe give her more space and move on, be a productive part of the pack and maybe be lucky with someone else, only to admire her at a distance. 

For now, he'd drag all these sticks and logs away, some smaller rocks he could carry without risking his teeth and see if he can strike up a conversation with the Count, and maybe, if he was lucky, get her smiling. Well.. Uh, I guess, if that's what you want to do? It was also a win-win for him.. he gets to purposely touch Ira and be right up and close to her! Even if he hated fighting, even he could see the good in this.