my heart stops without you

Roan confessed to having missed her as well and the small healers heart soared. They had mated, but neither of them had spoken the words yet. Even so, it felt like they were mates. They loved one another. They didn't wish to be apart. He'd said that he was going to bring her a bear skull as a marriage gift. What more was there? She would be mighty proud to be his wife. Would he be proud to be her husband?

Soon the eggs were finished and Roan placed the stone dish before her. Io's eyes closed and she inhaled the delicious scent of the offered food. Her stomach growled aloud and she released a girlish giggle. Taking a bite of first the eggs, then the meat, Io chewed slowly, savoring the taste. "Mmmph..." she murmured as the taste coated her tongue. Swallowing, she looked to her black and silver companion. "I think you're a better cook than I am." Wasting no time, she practically inhaled her half of the breakfast. She wouldn't tell him, but she really hadn't eaten in the few days that they were apart. She'd run out of dried meat the second night in and hadn't wanted to be too far from Zee, so she didn't get more.

Once she was nice and full, Iolaire did what she had done during their last picnic. She fell onto her side, back to him, and rested. "You're amazing, Roan. Utterly amazing." Curling her neck to look back at him, she smiled. "Thank you for this. I needed it."