Those Who Fight Further

Bane lay snoozing with his chest against Tahlia's side with a foreleg draped over his mate protectively. When she rolled over?he awoke, though he didn't open his eyes and simply let his mate do whatever she wanted to do to him. Exhaustion had set in after the two times they mated, Bane having no plans for a third unless she asked. A quiet murmur and a shifting of disturbed rest came from the male as she nuzzled his neck and gave him a lick along the side of his throat. Sapphire eyes squinted open and he saw that his mate had closed her golden eyes.

The paw along her side was shifted as he shimmied himself closer towards the one he'd given heart and body to. Forever, until his dying day, will Bane love this female laying right next to him. Never shall he knowingly stray from her. If she became sick, he would care for her. Should she become distant, he will go far for her. And should the worst come to pass and his body should fail him sooner rather than later. Bane would die with her in his heart. Such was this females place in his life. "I love you... Tahlia." The aging male let out a chuff and nosed his head under hers so she could sleep more comfortably, his eyes closing as sleep finally took him for that last time that day.

-Bane is asleep-