Redtail Rise oh it's not true, i don't wish harm upon you

husband isn't a word she knows. never had her mother and father made their union known to her.

but warrior. and yours—mine. she knows.

you. are. MINE. Avicus insists, and presses her muzzle against his shoulder, their wet bodies coming together with a quiet sloshing of water. it ripples, shining in the moon;

mine, Avicus repeats, and comes perpendicular to him, cheek to his. she sighs, hoping he'll understand.

only he's stayed.

he should know.