Horizon Ridge Love, death, birth

Kisu almost babbled at Pied's straightforward talk of consummating the mateship. He had meant it as a ceremony, for he and Red Heart has exchanged words of promise and love when they had become mates. He wondered if things were different around here.

When she voiced that she had to tell him something, he wondered if it was her telling him she loved him. He already knew this, of course, but then his stomach dropped; he expected her to have suddenly changed her mind. Maybe she would tell him he was too old for her? Too... different? Either way, he nodded for her to continue on with her words.