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

When his gruff reply came, Pied felt two strong and opposing sentiments: firstly, she felt relief and, just a second later, disappointment. When Kisu backed away from her, allowing her to spring back onto all fours, she eyed him curiously, chewing thoughtfully on the inside of her left cheek. The deep timbre of his voice had triggered the molten feeling in her belly even more and she felt the heat spreading through her bloodstream. It made her want to insist that, if not here, then possibly over there in that stand of trees... but she read his body language quite clearly and could see that Kisu didn't necessarily want to proceed just now.

Closing the space between them, Pied touched her nose to his cheek. "Soon, then," she whispered demurely in his ear, her breath a warm puff against his cream-colored cheek. She smiled against his velveteen fur. She felt suddenly very sappy with emotion and she felt herself wanting profess her adoration to her mate. Feeling that the word love was a bit strong yet, she said instead, "I'm falling for you, you know," her muzzle still touching the side of his face.