What You Mean to Me

He had no idea about the woman's inner turmoil. He was too busy wading through his own at the moment. She had been avoiding him, that was true. It was part of the reason that the big brute felt so anxious. Had he pushed her to the point of no return? When he asked her to come with him, however, she didn't argue or put up a fight. she simply followed along. He couldn't tell if that was a good sign or a bad sign, but he would take it.

Once they were settled down on the beach and the sunlight gave way to night, Chimera looked at his own paws for a time. The same paws that had held Aliana down as he raped her. In the end she had enjoyed it, but had it been her choice, they never would have mated. He owed her an apology. A deep, heartfelt apology. He owed her more than that, really. If the conversation went the way that he wanted, he would be able to deliver.

Aliana spoke his name, but Chimera silenced her. "Please, let me speak first." Mismatched ears pricked, flicking forward. The brutes pale pink eye watched as crabs scuttled across the glowing beach. The crabs themselves seemed luminescent, leaving little light trails as they darted here and there across the sand. It was odd, but Chi didn't have time to worry about it.

"Aliana, I'm sorry for the way that I treated you. I wasn't in control of myself and I hurt you." A massive paw tentatively reached out, settling upon one of her significantly smaller appendages. "I can't be trusted, so the next time that any of you are in heat, I'm leaving the island." Dalila had begged him to fuck her, but Ali had begged him not to. When it came to the women that he cared about, that was a big deal.

Sliding his paw beneath Aliana's snowy limb, Chimera lifted it, placing a gentle kiss across the tops of her toes. "Aliana, I love you. Not just because you belong to me, but because you make me feel things that no other wolf can." Again he kissed her paw, sliding his muzzle along her silken fur.

It was then that he noticed the silence. No longer could he hear the waves or the other natural sounds that a nightly beach should have. Chimera's attention shifted back to the tidepools and his eyes widened momentarily. The crabs that had once been moving about all stood stock still, their tall stalked eyes glowing blue and staring directly at the pair of wolves. There were hundreds of them and in the air above them, blue fireflies.

"Chimera Klien"