How far we've come

Every time he reacted positively to what she was doing, whether it was the taste of the meat she had prepared or the way she was massaging his sore muscles while she dried him off, it made her chest warm with happiness. She had always found a lot of fulfillment from taking care of others when she was a servant and a slave, but now that she was free to just care for the wolves the truly cared about and loved there was so much more joy in the things she did. These little acts of kindness were no longer out of obligation, they were purely because she wanted to and enjoyed feeling like she was the reason that they were happy or feeling good. Chimera was always so stoic in his expressions and reactions to things so when she managed to get him to relax or react with these satisfied groans it was like a special kind of victory in knowing that she had found something he really needed and desired.

While she was massaging his paw he told her that he had been working on a fence for their garden since the deer and other animals had been getting into the plants recently and she gave him an appreciative grin, her tail wagging gently in response, her tail brushing his hip with each pass. "Thank you! That will be so helpful." She had noticed lots of hoof prints through the soft soil of the garden and portions of their plants and herbs eaten away, but she of course didn't want to hurt Siren's deer so she had mostly just been chasing them away when she caught them and fixing the damage they caused. Of course Chimera would find a solution to the problem instead which she certainly appreciated. She finished massaging one paw and sat it back down on the furs they were laying on before she reached for the other ebony dipped paw to repeat the process.

As she massaged his calloused paws she shifted closer so that her side was against his, leaning her smaller frame into his while a little smile lingered on her lips. A little part of her had worried that the one night they spent together after he named her Queen had been a strange fluke, that they wouldn't fall so easily in together again when they were able to be alone with each other again, but that wasn't the case. She felt comfortable and at home at his side caring for him much the same way she would Siren. Chimera and Siren both had slowly become nearly equally as important in her life and she couldn't imagine being without either. Her tail brushed against his hip again while she gently leaned her head into the side of his neck and once she was satisfied that she had throughly massaged his paw she released it to let her own paw trail up his foreleg. Being like this still make her heart skip wildly and butterflies flare up in her stomach, but in the best way. It was exciting and wonderful and she loved it.

"Dalila Vista Klein"