Puppy Love

Epiphron was normally confident, so sure of herself -- but in the face of this, the experience of the strange warm feeling that flooded her body and made her skin tingle at the slightest touch -- she was at a loss. Certainly she was not afraid, but hesitant, confused. She'd only so much as harmlessly flirted with a male before, never anything more. Never. She felt painfully inexperienced, and she was fairly certain Maverick wasn't any more enlightened than she. But the girl wasn't bashful in letting their bodies connect, thrilled at the feeling of skin on skin. She swore she felt a whimper slip from her jaws as he shifted beneath her to a more comfortable position for the both of them.

"I think something along those lines," she answered him, eyes sparkling as though mischievously. "I truthfully haven't been able to find much time to train. I blame you for that." The girl pulled back slightly to look him in the eye again, placing a kiss upon his nose. "If I keep spending so much time with you, you'll be responsible for keeping me in shape. No more of this laziness."

Truthfully, the girl wasn't terribly worried. Valhalla wasn't in dire need of fighters -- and at the rate they were meeting, Epiphron would keep perfectly fit from endless walks, the ones that seemed to take hours, that she took to see him.

His question was sudden and honest, and she found her voice caught in her throat for a moment. "I suppose you don't mean right now," she teased, because right now she wanted to do nothing but lay right here with him, preferably for the rest of the day. But every second together made it more likely that Syrinx might find them, or even Valkis, or whoever else might make it their goal to separate the two youngsters. She slid closer to nip at his ear, unaware of how awkward the position might've looked, the two wolves pressed belly to belly. All she knew was that she loved it.

"Perhaps... you should meet Erani. She's like a mother to me. If I asked her, she wouldn't tell anyone about us, not until I'm ready. I really don't know how long we can go sneaking off for hours at a time without explanation." Erani would be honest with her, she knew it, but the woman cared so deeply for her that she wouldn't try to ruin something that truly made Epiphron happy. This wasn't the way things were supposed to be, and she knew it; she should've fallen for a Valhallan boy, life would be so much easier that way. But the girl had realized at a young age that life was never easier, and only got harder with time.