Herbalists' Cache Bury The Hatchet

Pepper hesitated momentarily. He didn’t like showing his belly to others. It was too vulnerable. But, aside from being a little shady, he had no reason not to trust the wolf. Unless the berries he’d been fed were gonna poison him. 

But he felt fine. Other than his stomach feeling odd. Nothing bad, though. 

”Right,” he said, rolling over. He’d never laid like this for anyone other than his old mate. It felt weird.