The earthen scent of the grotto does all be remind of the first time she had ventured into the rock caverns. Finding Reich had been perhaps one of the best moments in her life, the fact she had found him so soon after leaving her native home is perhaps a hidden blessing. She had not thought to feel any pull to those so soon after arriving yet fate had placed her near him and everything after that was history, there is no denial at the fact without him she would be lost; forever missing something. With him, with him she feels the connection soul deep. The comfort in his presence had never been felt with another, the bond that tied them was indestructible even when it had been faced with the bloody giant. To know that in her life she has found that one soul that completes her. Reich. It is as she waits for him upon the ledge does all their memories, both blissful and pained play in her mind. For it is those memories that had brought her here now, ready to fall off that cliff that she had been so scared to cross to before to keep him. A sudden sound has her returning to reality, the pounding in her heart as her eyes blink, until finally does she see him enter the caves; a smile on her lips at his quick victory at finding her.
Orange eyes are fixated on him, unblinking; a soften stare. She does not miss the nudge of his head nor the wink and for the first time in her life she feels a rush of warmth in her cheeks as she is quick to descend and follow her shadows stalker into the darkness. Despite his earlier head start she is quick to shorten the distance so that as he is jumping atop of the rock she is pulling herself through the small opening, for orange eyes have never left him since his arrival. Watching the happiness that seems to seep from him, from his waving tail to that adorable grin. In that moment her heart seems to stutter, malfunction. Shutting down and restarting all in a few seconds. As he moves off the rock and closer to her it all she can to restrain herself, orange eyes hold a hunger she has not experienced before. She watches as he mouths
what's up and she cannot help the rasped chuckle at his choice of words before it is quick to die off in the heat of his presence.
For a moment she just looks at him, a soft and tender caress of her eyes over him and then she almost timidly reaches out to touch him, making sure that this whole experience was actually real and what she was feeling in this moment was true. The soft graze of her muzzle along his shoulder is bittersweet because before she indulges in more she pulls away, a small smile on her lips as rasped voice whispers.
"You once told me you loved me..." She pauses, the soft plush coat on her chest rising and falling at the memory.
"I hope this is still true..." Though he had neither voiced any dispute nor had he said it again since that day, she hopes it is something that he still feels for her. As she glances away for a moment, looking out into the ethereal scene the pond presented despite it's location. A breathy chuckle escaping before she glances back from the corner of her, a grin on her lips as rasped voice spills.
"I remember our first time here, I was happy.."
Happy. It was a fleeting emotion these past few months yet somehow and someway she had clung to it through him, for no matter her mood nor what occurred he was her happiness along with her children. And for the first time since then she feels free, happy, complete yet again in this moment.
"You have been with me in some way since we met here Reich..." She pauses, breathing out the other name she had given him that day.
"My shadow stalker.." That name for him is the breaking point of the separation she had between them as she turns into him, leaning against his side. Her muzzle running along his neck and shoulder, breathing him in and relishing the contact she had tried to resist which honestly she has no idea why, perhaps it is because what needed to be said would have been pushed away by more primal instincts, then again that didn't sound so bad either. But she knew these words were needed, things needed to be said to solidify what they had, what they would have. As she looks up at him, her muzzle placed precisely at the edge of his ears so as the next words that came was for him and for him alone. As a rasped whisper seems to burn at the passion that is filled in those words,
"I love you.."
It is the first time she had said those words to anyone other than her children, yet this love was on a different level. This love was something that had been earned, the time they had been together had allowed them to grow together until finally she knows that he will not question her love for him. There were in a place in their lives were they could finally enjoy each other in every way, without the blocking of a giant or the doubts. This was their moment, to be remembered and created in the first place they had met. Shifting her muzzle to lick tenderly at his cheek before returning to his ear as once again a whisper lingers so heavy,
"Be my mate Reich, give me forever.." Forever.. with him, she can think of nothing better than spending the rest of her days with him. As a slight tremble ripples through her body at the vulnerability she has put herself in, waiting with bated breath.
everlyse
MATE; IFRIT - IMPRINT; REICH - OF NO WHERE