The Love That Binds Us

Walk | Talk | Think

He called back. The white wolf's ears perked at the happy tone of it, smiling gently to herself as her tail began to wag expectantly. He was coming. He would answer her call and she would spill her secret to him and then things would chance, though whether that was a positive or negative change had yet to be determined. Mercianne prayed with everything in her that it would be good, that he would accept her and their future family and be excited about it all. She wanted him there, always, and she hoped that he would feel the same.

A little of her anxieties had returned but by the time Awaken had appeared, seeing him materialize out of the surrounding wood so happy and excited to see her, she felt it dissipate. Awaken loved her; she could do this. As a smile stole across her face, tail wagging eagerly behind her, Merci stepped forward to him and licked his muzzle before moving in to nuzzle his cheek. It was still impossible for her to resist getting to nuzzle him when she could. "I did," she murmured, stepping back with her dark eyes fixing on his green ones.

But as she felt the words rising in her throat, ready to be spoken aloud for her mate to hear, her nerve faltered and failed her. Not yet. Maybe in a moment. Break it to him easily, just in case. "How-how are you doing?" Mercianne asked with a soft stutter, her gaze averting itself in her nervousness as she tried to prolong the inevitable.