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She shivered under the male's touch, tensed as he whispered for he ears alone words of comfort that did nothing but send her anxiety racing again. Safe? With him? That was hardly the word she thought to describe the way he managed to make her skin crawl, how she wished to creep away from his advances when he made them. But her opinions were kept tightly sealed up, her folded ears the only sign that she gave of her discomfort as her wary gaze watched him back away and leave her to gathering her family close. What distance he had placed between them, Anais let remain, standing in anticipation of her family's arrival. The longer she stayed in the male's company, the more she wished they would arrive faster.
And soon they did. Her heart leaped at the sight of them, relief flooding through her as her tail wagged eagerly. But unlike many of her typical greetings, she did not rush right up to nuzzle them, did not smile and grin in delight. She stayed her place, a cautious glance given over one shoulder at Pyrros as if unsure if he would even allow it, and she had to settle for waiting for them to get closer before she dared stepping forward to greet them. "Mom, Dad," she stated, rushing up to them both and pressing her face into their necks as she moved from one to the other, stepping back to regard them with a nervous smile. Oh, how glad she was to see them!
Destruction's question brought the girl's attention back around to her, and with it her anxiety returned in full force. Here it was, the moment she had been dreading. "This is Pyrros," she said to them all, finally turning back to look at him now that she had introduced him. What was he going to do? What was he going to say? After his unpredictable behavior when they were alone, she could hardly guess how he would behave now amongst them all.
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