Hushed Willows Aren't you tired trying to fill that void?

She seemed surprised that her trip had been witnessed, maybe even horrified that this vulnerability had been scene. Sundance was immediately regretful for bringing it up, for embarrassing her in such a manner, and he felt heat rise beneath the fur of his cheeks.

His first thought was to apologise, but he quickly bit that back as Teya promptly steered their conversation in a new direction. She referred to his new title, one that felt foreign to him, and he mustered a bashful smile to accompany his beat of awkward laughter. "Yeah," he rolled a silver shoulder in a soft shrug, still unable to muster the confidence to look her way again, "a little. I wasn't really sure what to expect."

And he hadn't anticipated her face to be the primary focus of his initiation slumber.