Sun Mote Copse You were dancing in your tube socks in our hotel room.

He'd thought they might be able to spend some time together, now that she was safely back at the borders- but with a sullen sigh, she turned and began to walk away. He watched her for a moment, and considered calling after her. Perhaps she simply didn't know that she wasn't permitted within the borders, but that they could safely get to know one another once she was outside the pack's territory...But then again...Would she ever be safe anywhere close to where his mother lived? 

He contemplated that thought for a moment, and felt his heart ache in a way that he'd not experienced before. He knew he should let her go- and maybe he should have even chased her off, so that she might not come back and risk her life against his mother's discrimination and ire. Instead, he turned, and trotted off, feeling a new kind of disappointment and sadness as he left her out of sight.