He was not sure what Azazel would say but when she started to speak it became clear quickly that the dark mare was bubbling with things to say and it made him smile. Soft icy blue eyes watched from a side glance at her as she shifted before speaking to be closer to him and push her nose into his shoulder. The warmth from her dark lips brought comfort followed by the slender banshee resting her apogee on him. For not knowing Azazel all that well she definitely knew how to be intimate and Lyden at this very moment fell for the black mare – how much and what degree he couldn’t be sure

Thoughts of Skylar and his girls came into his thoughts again and how he tried so hard for intimacy to develop between Skylar and him. It is all Lyden as a stallion, father, and friend – ever wanted. It is something his parents knew how to be and how to show it and yet the pale man had absolutely no idea how to express such things. The closest thing he’d come across before now was with the pealino princess Caesisus who was so delicate and trusting that she moved him. She brought out emotions that our pale leader didn’t know he had and this is the reason he did whatever he could to bring her here

”you’re welcome my dear girl although I must thank you as well. You stepped up in the herd and I cannot tell you how much I appreciate everything you’ve done and do” he paused leaning into her ”you my sweet angel know how to express the one thing I’ve never been able to and often question if I really understand it, and that’s true intimacy. Everything about you is calm and reassuring, you are just a born natural kind leader and because of this you will go far” smiling at her Lyden looked out across the forest noting how the sun’s rays peaked in between the pines limbs. Lost in his own thoughts Lyden snorts ”you and I are the same in the aspect of avoiding the herd. I’m not sure why but I just don’t want to deal with the tension of this whole trade that’s happened. Everyone I feel thinks I did it on impulse and that’s just not the case”

He kept his eyes away from Azazel feeling relieved he was finally able to talk about it to someone who wasn’t Cae. He knew he would with her as well but at least with Azazel Lyden knew deep down that he could trust her with the storm of thoughts swirling in his head ”I made a promise to caesisus in the falls that I would do whatever it took to get her here with me, I didn’t want to hurt anyone else in that process and I know I did which I feel terrible for and someday I hope to make it right at least with Fantazer” not really wanting to continue on because Lyden wasn’t sure if Azazel really wanted to know or even cared he just waited for her response