Qeya River Await the love that I call trouble

She pulled away gently at the flinch, her brow furrowing. What happened to him that he was so unused to a gentle hand, a gentle voice? 
Before either of them could muster a coherent thought, Juniper appeared, causing a lot of akwardness in a very short ammount of time. 
She returned Taikon's desperate stare with her own apologetic sheepish smile, before Turning her attention to the pup. 
"What are you doing out here? It's dangerous! Does Dawn know you're out here?" Her scolding firm but with an obvious note of love, she turned back to Taikon. "Sorry. I didn't think she would follow me out here...she's my little shadow." Juniper was more than an apprentice. She was as close to a daughter she possibly would ever have.