A Third Wheel Turns a Bike into a Trike Which is Much More Fun

It hadn't been too difficult to keep Artorias busy for the morning to give Bowen time to get the supplies for their surprise lunch out of the castle without him knowing. A patrol around the far edge of the plains had taken up a good chunk of time and then bringing him around to the alpaca paddock, the training grounds, and the greenhouse to discuss some future plans and improvements filled up the rest of her stalling. Leading a pack and caring for it certainly took up plenty of time so there was no lack of things to distract Artorias with, but it was hard to keep their secret a secret as she led him through some more day to day tasks, barely able to contain her eagerness to lead him down to the shore.

As it neared their agreed upon time she started to drop a few hints about wanting to spend some time together down by the shimmering shore and with a brush of her side against his and a sway of her tail against his thigh he was pretty easily convinced. Under the guise of wanting to relax a bit after a morning full of required alpha duties, Briar walked with him down the sloped path toward the beach. It certainly wasn't a lie—there would be plenty of relaxing involved—but she doubted that Artorias would be able to guess what she and Bowen had in store for him.

When they reached the beach she spotted the set up Bowen had constructed for them a short distance away at the far end of the shore and tossed Artorias a grin before she started to lead him toward the canopy shaded bed of furs. She was honestly impressed with this luxurious set up Bowen came up with and when they got closer she noticed the spread of foods and drinks that were awaiting them as well. "Surprise," she told Artorias with a chuckle as they reached where Bowen was laying and waiting for them, giving his cheek a kiss before she came over to join Bowen and laying down on the furs as well. "This looks amazing, Bowen! You've really outdone yourself," she told the smaller caramel and white woman, giving her an appreciative smile.

"Briar Fatalis"