Hushed Willows Kindle the fire before it snuffs out

A hearty chuckled bubbled in her throat. “Squirrels are fine! Although I wouldn’t mind coming with you on hunts. I’m sure you could find other ways to make it up to me. You know… since I won and all.” He had snuggled in closer, he got her playfully on the nose. The fiery woman teased him back, then pulling out of the embrace to get a better look at him.

He was handsome, boyish, not like the males she knew, and unlike Boone, too. Beautiful gold and amber hues danced in his eyes, his smile just as bright. That smile was the best part of him, she decided as she blushed with her thoughts. Feeling that she may have been staring a little too long, she blinked rabidly, his words floating to her.

He had asked of her family…

Her throat bobbed with emotion as she thought of her family, her pack. “I had four: Darkwind, Minnow, Magnus, and little Hammy. They, along with my pack, perished. Over a year ago…a rival pack saw to their end. I was…gone for a while and when I returned, I found them buried under many feet of snow. Having nothing left meant no ties and, well, here I am.” As she spoke the woman had created distance between them, symbolizing subconsciously that she felt alone in this world, nothing to tie her to Earth.