Rising Sun Valley blueberry

Eshe was gone.

Their argument—was that all it had been? The snap of her jaws toward him had felt far from that—had been left unsettled and when she had demanded space, he had given it to her… and then some.

And when she had beckoned him back, hours after, he had determined that he had needed more time for himself.

To think.

To feel.

But now, a day after, and she had left. In heat.

It was a defining moment in their relationship, surely. Would she stay true to him? Eshe had wanted children more than anything—and he wanted to give them to her. Wanted to have a family with her… and yet… Something held him back.

So when a strange call echoed across the lands, Akavir felt his own lips pull back in a silent snarl, stalking the valley, eyes focusing upon the culprit—before his own barking growl was offered, his steps quickening with the promise of chasing the rogue male away from the valley—and hopefully away from Eshe, should she be somewhere nearby.

Because now, he felt nothing but numb.