Deep breaths in of the moist air warmed Jaden’s nose oddly. The small droplets of water tickled as the collected within too causing him to reach up and rub his muzzle before continuing his breathing through an open mouth. It was better this way. That the female beside him had been slipping slowly into heat wasn’t lost to him. He simply tried to ignore it because, even with their wounded relationship, the instincts that dwelled in him created an uncomfortable desire to peruse he readiness to breed. They were unaffected by his own displeasure and he found the thoughts drawn out by them irritating and misplaced. He couldn’t taste her heat on the air so keeping the air from his nose would work well enough.
He felt her sit up beside him and listened with a gentle turn of his head to her worlds. His eyes briefly flicked over at her when she mentioned her knowledge of him. He was looking for any extra meaning to the words she spoke but found only a calm indifference to them. Returning his gaze on the curiously steaming water, he was quite again. She was on his mind. There was nothing else, no other reason he had come here than to be by her. It was a desperate act to feel something similar to the pleasure their interactions used to bring about. Thus far it wasn’t particularly enriching, but he was still beside her and could hear her voice as it was directed at him. That was something. …I wanted to congratulate you on the construction of the barn. It’s an impressive structure. You should be proud of the pack for that, He lied again, hoping she wouldn’t see through it as easily this time and recognizing his desire to say “your pack”. But he didn’t. It might have been more effective to be honest but he couldn’t see how she would share the same sentimental desire. She hadn’t come looking for him, after all.
Jaden does. Jaden speaks. Jaden thinks.
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