He could sense the energy in the cavern almost doubling as they continued their vicious play. He could see the excitement reflected in her gorgeous blue eyes as she raced past him after biting his paw. His own adrenaline was pumping full blast now, bolstered by her excitement, feeding off of it. He could tell she wasn't trying to stay out of reach anymore and he was happy about this. He wanted nothing more than to taste her flesh in his mouth and feel her skin beneath his tongue. Maybe she did too. Either way, she wasn't running from him so much as she was inviting him to catch her and he was all too eager to do just that. He used the full extent of his strength to run after her and felt his paces only growing in length as the distance between them slowly whittled down. He was catching up and fast. Though he wasn't stupid. He could tell she was helping, at least a little. Her own legs weren't pulling as much as they could be if she was truly trying to stay out of reach. She was slowing down for him. She was TOYING with him. And he was loving every minute of it.

When she turned her head to look at him, he met her gaze and locked on with an intensity and passion that could start a wildfire. There was a promise in his gaze, a promise to catch her and then never let her go again. As he launched himself at her, she stopped and spun around, showing the same agility and grace he'd grown to admire in her as she raised herself up to meet him in midair. Their chests collided and he felt his nose brush her cheek. An electric shock raced down his spine as his skin touched hers, his teeth vying for something, anything to nip at, to get a taste of her as she had gotten of him. He heard the growl reverberating in his ears as her back hit the stone and concern clouded his features for a moment before he remembered that she was stronger than that and it would probably only make her fight that much harder. At his words, she pulled herself back over and narrowed her eyes at him, reminding him that he had started the chase. He chuckled, a low deep noise in his throat as he tugged his lips back into a toothy grin, raising a brow.

"DON'T WORRY, SWEETHEART. I PLAN ON FINISHING IT AS WELL."

He gave her a teasing wink as he began to nip at her flanks. She flicked her tail at him and he laughed, enjoying their banter before she turned back to him, lifting her front paws again and bringing her jaws toward his shoulder, He shifted, pushing toward her to throw her off balance perhaps or even make her stumble back, making her teeth graze his back instead as he spun his own head around to nip at her flanks again, this time a little more harshly, as if in scolding. At her comment about wanting a taste, he grinned again, pressing his nose toward her flanks now to run it lightly over her skin before he placed a sly lick on her thigh and danced out of reach in case she retaliated, turning back to face her.

"THERE'S MORE THAN ENOUGH OF ME TO SATISFY EVEN YOUR MOST INTENSE CRAVING, BEL. ALL I ASK IS THAT YOU RETURN THE FAVOR."