Kael
I walked onto the clearing, the small beast hanging from my bare shoulders. It was young, but large enough to feed us for a few days. The skies were clear. Daybreak was going to come in soon.
After washing and skinning the animal at the far end of the stream, I brought it to the firepit I had prepared while she had gone out to clean herself at the lake. I lit up the fire and glanced at the clothes she had worn during training now hung and draped over a nearby branch.
I turned my attention back to the fire, shaking my head.
I immediately had her go clean herself up after catching her. I'd needed the distance. Needed to put some space between us before I did something irreversible.
Again…
I stoked the flames.
The hunt had helped. One way or the other, I had to let off that steam. It was essential I focused on something other than her touches.
"Take her!" my wolf interrupted the silence of my thoughts.
"Oh, shut it."
