Working together

His answer wasn't the charming, flirtatious answer she had set him up for, but it was honest and in a way she appreciated that even more. He told her how he would be out adventuring with his siblings and she smiled with understanding at that. She knew that their family was just as tight knit as her own and she couldn't imagine being away from her siblings the way that he, Cerberus, and Rusalka currently were—or being away from her littermate the way he currently was with Scylla. If anything it just spoke to how much he loved his family and that meant a lot to her. It showed what he valued and that he was willing to be honest with her with where his mind actually was. Still, as he mentioned that being here with her was a close second to being with his siblings, it made her grin and chuckle softly, peering up at him with an obvious affection. "I'll happily take being a close second," she replied, tipping up her muzzle to nuzzle his cheek.

As she nuzzled into his cheek, she didn't immediately pull away, instead lingering there in the warmth and closeness of him and the richness of his scent that filled her nose. The way she felt about Albion was entirely different than how she felt when she was with Saracyn, but she didn't think that was a bad thing. She cared for them both, even if it was in different ways. She knew that wasn't what either male truly wanted from her, but she couldn't deny the way Saracyn made her heart and soul feel complete, nor could she deny this natural attraction and affection for the Klein male at her side. It felt easy to mold her side into his, to share these affections with him, and enjoy this day that they had made for themselves. This felt like the romance she had always imagined when she was little and she was listening to her mother's lessons about finding a male that can both offer physically what she would want to pass along to her children, but also makes her happy and that she enjoys spending time with. Albion was all of that for her.

Slipping away from his cheek, her muzzle traced the side of his, and instead of pulling away she instead brought her lips to his. She pressed a kiss to his lips that was light and sweet at first, but was soon followed by another and then another, each a bit more tender and passionate than the last. Even though she was still working through what the emotional side of their relationship would eventually look like, the physical came easily to her and she couldn't deny the skip her heart made in her chest when they were pressed close like this or when her lips found his. She knew that Albion had come to Elysium on a trial basis of sorts and that there was still a chance that at the end of all of this he could decide that he wasn't finding what he needed here with her, but until that day came she was going to do what she could to fully embrace this potential between them. A soft, pleased hum escaped her as her paw drifted up to his cheek, gently cupping his face and tracing his ear as she pressed deeper into their kiss and tasted him on her tongue, her eyes slipping closed while she savored being alone here with him.

"Avacyn Mendacium"