thinking of you...

...wherever you are

Grai exchanged breaths as well.

“I’ve been doing well,” Grai said. He shook his red mane. “Don’t know if I’ll get used to the bugs though. I’m glad to hear things are going well in the Inlet.” He could see Dogun looking. And Grai steeled himself. He would have to be honest with his friend. There was no doubt about who the “she” was he spoke of. It wasn’t Soda or the girls.

“Dogun,” Grai dropped his head. “I don’t know where she is. I think Kasabien sent her elsewhere when he left. I know she was here, but the scent was old.” He sighed, looking at the dirt at his hooves. “I’m sorry.” He had given his friend hope. Hope he had no right to give it seemed. He felt guilty.

It wasn’t your fault, a quiet voice that sounded all too much like his mother whispered. You told him the truth. Just because things changed in between doesn’t make you any less a good man. He wished he could believe the thought.

Grai’s head pulled itself up. Dogun offering a formal alliance? Oh boy, Grai really was growing up it seemed.

“Dogun, I would be honored,” Grai said. “You have been more help to me than you know.” He looked back up at the Ridge, with thunder rumbling. Atlantis’ weather was taking some getting used to.

Grai

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