Horizon Ridge Achy Breaky Heart

He lifted his head in hope. The only thing he had focused on was the fact that she mentioned that maybe he truly did not mean what he had said. Did she really mean the words she had spoken?

He licked her nose in gratitude before opening his mouth in response. "Yes, my little Pied, maybe he did not mean those things. He must be angry with me; what he claimed was not true. I did not abandon my family... I would never do that." The rusted grey wolf shifted and looked into Pied's eyes now, directing his last words at her. He wanted her to know that he meant them.