Larksong Grotto firestarter

vuk was afraid she had frightened jhala away, but after a brief moment of tension, the girl rebounded and the patchwork wolfess grinned. "t-thank y-you," she murmured, unsure of how else to respond. her tail thumped against the ground once and she cleared her throat. if she had told jhala her most painful secret, it would be an easy thing to tell her the other.

"r-reek a-and i.." she began, trailing away, for she knew that jhala would know of what she spoke. "t-terich f-found m-me af...ter i r-ran a-way f-from the r-ridge a-and off-ered h-h-himself ... f-for m-my mate," vuk stuttered tiredly. "n-now i l-love t-them b-both." hurt filled her eyes.