Swiftcurrent Creek Crimson and clover

What do you want from me? Danica gave a wry smile. "I thought I was pretty blatant about that earlier. Ideally, I'd love to court you, but somehow I'm not thinking that's likely to be happening." She sighed, her tone getting more serious. "I'm sure I'll get past this specific attraction, but this is who I am. I will eventually want to take a mate, if one will have me, and I need to know that whatever pack I am in will accept that. I need to know that you can handle it." Currently the prospects weren't optimistic for that. She'd think that any leader would jump at the chance to have a pair in their pack that would never result in pups... but surprisingly, that was rarely the case.

What she felt for Bazi wasn't anywhere near love, at least not yet, and she knew it probably wouldn't get there. She wasn't about to give her heart to someone who wouldn't give it back... in fact, she wasn't sure she would ever be ready to really give her heart to someone. But she could not stay here if the option wasn't there. Funny, that. Here she was worrying about Bazi kicking her out and it might end up being she who instigated the leaving. Not without provocation, though.

She hated to think that this would ruin their friendship. She truly liked Bazi as a wolf also and respected her enough to not want her to think badly of her. The fact that she seemed so... disgusted... was upsetting Danica more than she would ever let on. But that, too, she would get over. She had gotten past her own issues with herself long ago and nothing could make her lose her own self-respect, not even this.