Horizon Ridge If I fall for you, I'll never recover

Kisu gave Jinx the benefit of the doubt and, though Pied wanted to protest, she held her tongue. It took a not insignificant amount of restraint to stay mum but she managed. She even nodded as if to give some credence to Kisu's idea that she might be different now, though truthfully Pied very much doubted it. She'd spoken to Jinx not long ago, after all, and she'd only proved herself to be an entitled piece of work.

"I don't see myself that often," she quipped in reply to her lover's compliment, sticking out her tongue for a second. She returned his nuzzle when he offered one, then queried, "Why so bashful?" Why had his eyes dropped nervously at her flattery? "I may have sounded like I was kidding but you really are a beautiful wolf, Kisu. Can you call a male beautiful?" she wondered without missing a beat.

Shrugging in response to her own question, Pied suddenly darted forward and nipped the side of his neck, then spun on her heel. She kicked up sand in her wake as she began to gallop down the beach, the ridge on her left and the sparkling sea stretching out on her right. The Omicron glanced over her mottled shoulder, twirled her tail and then barked, inviting Kisu to give chase.