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be mine. only mine.
ancelin stared at lilia for a long moment. it was a momentous event for the boy, who until this moment had not understood what the pink blush in his chest was when he looked at her.
relic was forgotten; he stood not wavering but silent, not in judgement but observation. he knew what this could mean, for them. for their future. 
"i want you too, lilia," came the roughened cadence of his voice, and he sent his breath out in a rush, dipping his muzzle to touch her cheek and proud arch of her neck.
it was easy enough to commit, and now his scars lost their ache for the first time. "okay," came his muffled breathless voice against her hackles.
ancelin found he could not stop smiling.