peace. hunting for natu, doing nothing to stir the pot, letting natu thrive in this subterfuge sort of life… it was peaceful. a slumbering dragon rested in his chest and he had not prodded or poked it. instead he spent all his time feeding his mate so that she might grow strong. dodging eden had gone well too, at least for him, until he made it back to his and natu’s den to find not only eden, but another pack wolf, with his mate.
he ignores them both in preference of peeking down into the darkness, of whining with only the barest glance at the hare that smelled so much of eden his spine prickled. “I have an early spring fawn for you, my love,” he says, clearly a father in that moment and not a warrior. he wants to see the fruit of his mate’s well-cared-for labor. he slips into the darkness then, creeping into his side of the den and laying down with a whispered confession of love meant to settle her nerves and a glance left on hadrian.
“what are they? what have you named them, my heart?”
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