you'll always be

She watched as he settled into the den, and reluctantly took a seat beside him. Like a tick in her mind that constantly went off, she remembered everything she needed to do. The herbs she needed to finish assessing, wolves she needed to assign as healers and give a crash course training to. Epitaph… she worried for the man, and was beginning to feel like the healer position in Abaven was cursed.

She wasn’t expected the sudden turn about of his question, directing at her instead of all the problems they faced. She blinked again, perhaps a touch slower than she ought to be. Depression did that to a person.

She contemplated the question for a moment, before she forced a lopsided smile onto her muzzle. “A little overwhelmed, but what's new?” she joked, deflecting his question. “At last I don’t look as bad as you, have you slept this week?” she asked her driven Alpha-partner… ex Alpha Partner.