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He's making fun of me! Kiara felt her pride as it deflated like a popped ballon. Every word Thoirní said threw Kiara for a loop and his every action made her heat beat faster. The arctic wolf felt as if she had been running for a very long time and was approaching her limit. It took a conscious effort to prevent herself from squirming. Every inch of Kiara's skin prickled and crawled, yet the sensation was not totally unpleasant. Thoirní's attention was unexpected, but not entirely unwelcome. After all, Kiara was young.
Thoirní's smile thrilled her, and should could not help but smile back. When the Thoirní drew even closer to Kiara she couldn't help but take a few skittish steps back. The nervous movement almost caused Kiara to fall right off the overhang. The arctic wolf yelped in surprise as her back paw hit nothing but air and scrambled back up to solid ground. In her attempts to reach safety Kiara nearly nocked into the silver male and landed only a few inches away. Her sapphire eyes met Thoirní's sparkling gaze and she simply said the first thing that came to mind. "How's the beach sound?"
Kiara mentally cursed herself even as she said those words. The snow wolf's last trip to the beach was not the most pleasant of experiences, making the ocean her least favorite form of water. Growing up next to a large river had given Kiara a unique love for water. But nearly drowning in a rip tide had given her an equally unique distaste for the ocean. Still, the open beach would be better than these confining forests. Kiara wanted to distance herself a little from the Thoirní. His presence undermined her thinking and caused her head to spin.
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