Blackfoot Forest take these crumbled hopes, etched with tears

and uncharacteristically, reigi was irritated.  not with him, really, but the situation itself.  but that would get her nowhere, so at his urging she raised her head and met his gaze for a beat before offering a gentle, soft woof.

she supposed the only way he knew with such self-assuredness that everything would be okay was because he was the alpha, and she knew that he would take care of it.

she smooths her tongue across the bottom of his chin once before starting off towards home a couple of steps before looking back to make sure he was coming.  if they were going to do it, they might as well get it over with.