Horizon Ridge A Flicker in the Wind

Pied planned to tell him about her special abilities before she made any decisions. However, when Kisu said he'd love to start a family with her, her insides turned molten and her emotions finally overwhelmed her. She made an awkward noise low in her throat and threw herself at Kisu, her neck wrapping over his as her forelegs came up to snag him in a wolfish embrace. Within seconds, she released him, only to slide up against him and wedge her mottled head into the space beneath his throat. One of her soapstone ears pressed against his breastbone and she heard the beat of his heart over the spraying surf.

"This is crazy," she announced to no one in particular, then laughed even as tears—both of sadness and happiness—welled in her eyes and spilled onto her moonlit cheeks. She turned and spoke gently in Kisu's ear. "I mean... it's crazy how quickly I fell for you, though you fell for me fast first!" She chortled at the tongue twister. "I don't think I want to be just your friend..." she added after a beat, letting that sentence hang between them in the hopes that Kisu would understand what she was saying.