Greatwater Lake So I pull up in that Maybach Candy

The feel of her pressed against his side made Atreus’s heart flip-flop in his chest. He was still frightened by this intimacy even as he reveled in it. He angled his head sideways to read her face and saw the happiness and wonder there, lighting up her already beautiful features. Now it felt like his heart danced right up into his throat and got stuck there.

You’re pretty, he said thoughtlessly around the lump, his face going scarlet under his fur.

He was mortified for saying it out loud, though it was true. Atreus was tempted to avert his gaze out of sheer embarrassment. His toes curled with it! But she really was pretty and it was hard to look away. Instead, he kept staring right at her, a crookedly sheepish smile slowly twisting his lips.