Redtail Rise rise,

he kissed her fervently, face and throat and neck, lingering upon the back of her ears and the long line down to her shoulder; he did not care who saw, drinking in new snow's yielding body and soft whines, breathing as she sent the bloom of her season right into his brainstem.

the ulfhedinn followed eagerly as his mate led them toward the treeline, tail waving as his chin raked along the fur above her hips, and when shadows streaked the snow and she had passed between them, he was ready as new snow seemed to be.