Blackbeak Bluff Heat

The male bit the air, causing a soft chuckle to emanate from Calida's maw, and when he ran around her, she too let out a loud bark, her black lips pulling back over her teeth in a wide grin. She'd not played in... Had she ever played? Calida couldn't remember, but part of her knew the answer was no. With her mother, she had never been wanted, and she'd never had any siblings to play with. It didn't matter now, she realized, as she could make up for it with the rest of her life, and that realization caused something to shift within her. Calida let go of her worries fully now, and when the male turned, she bounded after him, tail high and waving. She would nip at his heels in play, though she wasn't close enough to touch him - not yet.