Dragoncrest Cliffs Brilliance

erzulie was reminded of the way that merlin had come among them. something sparked the memory of how haunt had been as well, and her shrewd healer's mind linked the two softly. it was a pleasant thought, that perhaps the younger wolves in her pack might not be so far removed from one another.
merlin's youth reminded erzulie of her own mortality; she would not have known what to do had the boy reached toward her. a tensing of her spine, a proud lift of her slender head into the saltbreeze.
the mismatched eyes settling throughtfully on her sanguine comrade.
"you could belong here."