The pair had not ventured far from the manor after the run in with Keese. Mati had kept close to the packlands, and to the large house from weeks after the incident and even though it had been months since the meeting she had not stepped outside the borders of the pack's protection. She had never been so fearful for the well being of her mate, and she had never felt so threatened by a outsider in years. But with time came healing and they found the courage to roam the packlands without looking over their shoulder at every shifting shadow and rustle of leaves.
Mati held her hand, their fingers intertwined and their shoulders brushing up against one another as they walked. It felt as right as it always did, comforting to be beneath the sun's warmth and instep with the woman she so loved. A topic had come to mind, days before and she was still considering how to bring it up with her beloved. But the silence was perfect, Summer's tone singing in the background and filling the small space between them.
They spent most of their time together, unless Cambria was off helping a creature in need of her healing talents or Mati was deep in her creative process or minding the not so puppish adolescents that run through the manor. And yet she still felt her heart cherish these small moments, ordinary and yet she felt extraordinary. Mati's gaze turned to look at the shorter woman, the possibility of their future as mothers was what she had been thinking so deeply about but the idea had not yet breached their communication, not seriously anyways. She thought of the words and let them form on her tongue, there was nothing wrong with wishing right?
But her words were stalled, the sound of something she had never heard before making her look into the distance and pause in her step. What was that? She wondered aloud.
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