The Sunspire days get kind of lonely.

Summer couldn't believe the reception he received. There wasn't an ounce of resentment in her greeting, only joy and pleasure at his coming to see her. He shook his head in disbelief as she asked how he was doing. As though he were the one who'd been mauled by a vicious predator.

"I'm fine, but how are you doing?" Summer asked, hastily dismissing whatever concern she had for his well-being. "I hear you took on a cougar all on your own. You kicked its ass too, from what I've been told." He gave her a smile, accompanied by a gentle wag of his tail as he stepped in to lay down near to her.