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On horseback was a wonderful time to think about one's life and one's actions or to simply reflect upon the past and the future. León was doing all of them as Faith slowly meandered on her way to wherever it was she was heading. Today reins and saddle adorned her back and head, empty traveling packs hung loosely from the elaborate yet simple network of ropes in the system that he had designed to maximize the amount to be able to be carried while also distributing the weight evenly about the animal. Not that it was in effect at the moment but soon it would be as the earth and chocolate man sought to travel outside of 'Souls to seek new trade and to sell his wares.

The scent of horse bled heavily into the air and her sounds filling his ears yet none of his senses picked up on this fact for his mind was currently occupied with thoughts of a certain she-wolf that had captured his body's attention and then his mind's until her look, her smell, her smile, the sounds she made as he pleased her with his body were all he could think about. Small she may be but quickly had she carved her way into his soul, burying deep and branding him, he was a marked man now. In one night she had wrapped León around her fingers like a piece of ribbon to be tied into pretty knots and displayed, now all he wished was to have her back with him, to experience it all over again, convinced it would be even better a second time round.

He would always love the mother of his first daughter and son, she held a very special place in his heart but he realised that if he held her up above all others then he would be alone forever, and the thought of it made him want to weep like an infant. It would also negatively affect Analise as well, she needed a mother to guide her as well as a father and they were some things that the Spaniard could not help his daughter through no matter how much he wished he could, it would not be long before she would reach adulthood and would need a woman to explain to her about her sexuality and needs, something that León was very ill equipped to do, even if it had been his son who lived the boy would have still needed a mother's love to be whole in his life, Kailypso would always be special to him but dreams and spirits could not help him now.

Abruptly his thoughts turned to his litter brother and sister and he wondered after their health and well being, did any of them have children, did León and J'adore possibly have nieces and nephews of which they did not know and who did not know them. Growing up together they had been inseparable and he felt the weight of the positively huge difference between the three born together, it pulled at his body and tried to drag him down. He missed Isla and Arena and wished so much they could join him and J'adore here. That their entire family could relocate here where the Italians could not find them or if they did, the Austral family would have the strength of AniWaya and thier allies behind them, no longer just a small cut off family from Santander.

As her rider stared off into the distance blankly Faith led the way towards the scent of his bone and blood kin that lay just beyond the borders, the brother they had been accepted by, the scent and sound of other horses, males also excited her making her pace a fast one, knowing also from the sounds of the axe that her empty cargo bags would be well appreciated and the extra set of hands she carried helpful. A soft welcoming whinny came from her as the golden fast runner came into view and Faith walked right up to the man and nuzzled his cheek, from his lofty perch León looked down at his smaller yet older brother,

"Hola Hermano, do you want some help?" Sliding from his horse, he grabbed hold of her reigns.