Making amends

Manea sighed as she trudged back up the path that would carry her to the cave she shared with Alastor, Fia, and Irilyth—notably without Saracyn and Avacyn. Part of her rounds today had taken her to check on their oldest children to make sure they were settling in to their new cave on another part of the mountain range. It was so strange to not have them be a part of their dens any longer, but with the turn of the season the twins had wanted their own space so for their second birthday she had helped them arrange just that. Of course with the onset of fall that also meant that she was going into her heat season as well. Just as their first litter was moving on to their adult lives and Fia was taking her first steps into adulthood it was time for them to start thinking about the next litter of pups to add to their family.

That was lingering on her mind as she stepped around the bend in the path that put their den into view and she saw the fire in front of the cave already burning. She perked up a bit, smiling a touch as she realized that meant Alastor was already home. More often than not she was the first one to make it there at the end of the day, but not this evening apparently. As she got closer she began to catch the scent of the meats he was cooking and by the time she reached the top a grin was pulling across her lips. Her aqua gaze roamed over the spread he had prepared—including himself stretched out by the fire. She chuckled and sauntered over to him, that building heat already beginning to gnaw at her and rile up her instincts. "What's all this?" she purred, giving him a sly smirk.

"Manea & Alastor Mendacium"