Ocean's Breath Plateau I want a heart unbreakable

The panther huffed out a laugh. He felt warm again, he realized, remembering Moonsong's chill. And he had to go back, but he couldn't think of that right then.

"Is this friendliness?" he asked her, amused by the idea. "I am a friendly man — but this is not how I treat my friends. I mean to express my tenderness and my esteem. I mean to say that I wish to invest myself in this lodge, and in your wellbeing. If you ask me if I mean to keep saying it — then I do."

He flashed his teeth in a wry little grin.

"Perhaps not every time like this," he allowed. "But the seasons will not decide this."

They retreated to the lodge.