Reporting for duty

He held her tight and kissed her softly as he encouraged her, and offered verbally they wouldn’t be gone for so long. She couldn’t disagree with him either, the change of pace would be good for her. She would be able to get away from Shaye and the kids for a while, to cool off and reevaluate where she was in life. Solor urged her outside and she followed, adding her own little howl to her husband’s voice.

They weren’t forced to wait long, and soon the sound of heavy paw steps reached Vail’s alabaster ears. She couldn’t see him very well, just the vague pale shape against the background of dark green. He was big though. She offered a polite smile as Acere greeted them.

”Yes, hello Acere.” She offered, her voice projecting friendliness. ”Nice to meet you as well,” She waited for Solor to add his own polite word before she continued. ”Tell me about your pack, what are we about to get ourselves into?” Her tone was teasing, but there was truth to it as well. Shaye might have volunteered her services but if Vail didn’t like what she heard she would take every action to back out. However, she doubted such action was necessary, and she did look forward to helping the warrior out.