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She knew that it was wiser for her to remain in the shared house within rundown Berwick with the newborn puppies, but the tan-and-white mutt found herself unable. It wasn't that Amon and Paz were unloved — her belief in the months before that she would be unable to love the children had been entirely false — it was simply that she was not a sedentary creature. Krystalle Horzana had always been a woman full of energy, a woman who loved the outdoors and who found no use for a true home apart from a steady place to sleep each night. That was why she had decided to take a walk. Weary as she was, she mounted the gentle paint mare and bolted off into the depths of Dahlia de Mai; should the puppies have any trouble, she was sure their father would be more than capable of caring for them, and she wouldn't be gone long.
The first thing that the woman desired to accomplish was a bath. Unlike many of the Luperci she had known in her lifetime, Krystalle like to think she was very clean, and took pains to maintain her appearance as best she could. Senorita was allowed to lead, requiring only mild direction from her master and friend as the Horzana female sought out the river that she and Mars had camped near while he was searching for their own little place in the pack. With the help of Senorita, it didn't take long to find, and she dismounted as soon as the painted mare's hoofs hit the soft earth of the bank. Pale pink eyes glanced about, at first not noticing the young man who had greeted them at the borders; it only took a moment before the sight of him was caught, startling the woman, who promptly fell off-balance in a shocked twist of her body that landed her in the water of the river.
A long string of Spanish curses emanated from the surface of the water as she returned to the air, doggish body dragged back onto the bank with strong arms. The messy mop of longer mane flopped unpleasantly over her face. "Gugh; not a good day for swimming," she muttered. Senorita sniggered, perhaps in amusement, before trotting off in the direction of the Stormbringer male.
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