Redsand Canyon you were baptized in ice [m]

She couldn’t help but smirk at his joke, a sly expression on her features for just a moment as she considered responding back about how good wholesome healers such as herself never ended up sore in the morning, though she had been training with the auxilia long enough that she knew the joke wouldn’t quite hit right. Instead, she just nipped at him again in response, playful as she shifted so she was laying on her back, paws in the air beside him as her head still craned to be near him.
 
Perfect. The words sent a pleasant shiver down her spine, an almost hungry look in return though in that moment, she knew she had to exercise control. She shifted back to laying beside him as he spoke. Her heart warmed. “This wasn’t a one time thing for me either, Kallik… I never intended for it to be… I’m pretty sure the Imperator and Matrona would have our pelts hanging in their den if it were...” She admitted, not really sure that she was capable of pulling off a one-time thing with another wolf… “I care about you too. A lot.” She felt her actions had spoken loud enough for that… and it was the closest she could get to an ‘I love you’ without psyching herself out.
 
The question came and her gaze softened. It was the way he cared, and the way he watched and waited so attentively for her honest answer. It was that kind of affection that she was not used to, but also made her heart soar. “It was wonderful…” It was so much more than she thought it could be. “It was everything I could have ever hoped for.”