A Simple Thank You

Bane cheek still itched from the touch of Tahlia's cheek fur and where she'd touched her nose against his shoulder. These feelings and sensations were missed dearly. The she-wolf had heard his words though and the weight they carried, Tahlia's paws taking her away from him as she sloshed away in the shallows. Yes he had promised, and while she had every reading to be as upset with hi as she was, Bane would do everything to be faithful to Tahlia. She just wasn't letting him show her how.?"Shhhhhshshsh, it's going to be ok. I am being faithful to you and I will provide for you... but I can't help the feeling of a certain sense of obligation to help Alena through this. What if it were you out there? Wouldn't you want my help?" Bane listened to her words with, sorrow and downcast. Tahlia didn't want to share him. "I will not share you either, but I need to do this Tahlia, it isn't sane for me to just abandon her out there in the middle of nowhere without a pack to support her and the pups."

Bane's ears further drooped against his head. Tahlia was being so possessive... a fine quality in a she-wolf. It was an admirable quality within her. Tahlia, I am putting you as the most important thing in my life, you can even come with me so we be together. Would you rather have me not say anything and still go to the Amenti female that bares my young and then come back to you smelling of female? It would be scandalous and dishonor you. That is why I'm telling you this."?Bane's head remained down and talked to the water the entire time, barely noticing that she came back and licked the side of his muzzle. At her whispered question he lifted his head and lavished Tahlia's muzzle with licks of his own. "Love me for what I bring you, and not my past misdeeds. I will fix this, and I will remain yours forever should you grant me the chance."

Then Silverback's silky voice came over the two wolves, Bane's head snapping across the shallows to look at the direction it came from. How long had she been watching? He was used to her body's shape, as one would expect from being a wolf that mated with a leopardess, and he easily picked her leaf-shadowed form stretched out along an oak branch that didn't quite make it over the water. No wonder he never spotted or smelled her.

"Who are you?"?Bane gave Silverback a wink with the eye opposite of Tahlia so the she-wolf wouldn't see it. What a wingman. A low rumble in his chest and he sloshed forward a step, ears flickering as they listened to the leopardess's words. But the snow leopardess had words for Tahlia, and a slim one-sided smile began to grow on the non-Tahlia side of his muzzle as the feline verbally shamed the she-wolf.?Bane turned to look at Tahlia and placed a comforting lick across her maw. Would this third party input make or break his chance of having her?