Reyes didn’t take the sharp response to heart; he knew how his mate could be when he was upset. Shit, Askan took a chunk out of his neck on…what? Their third or fourth meeting? All because they got in a squabble. He couldn’t remember why they were fighting, but it probably wasn’t actually worth it. But he knew that, before deciding to keep Askan as his – no use to pretend to be mad. The dark wolf just waited until his lover got all around to it.

( Of course he was right. )

“Yeah, we leave. Say our goodbyes, first. We’re man enough for that.” And he knew Askan would brood for ages if he didn’t get his closure with the alphas. Reyes didn’t care so much – but he had Cotton and Neko to seek out (if he could even find the former, but he did recruit the latter, and felt responsible for her). “And then we go. That’s that, Kana.”

“We’re gonna be fine. Better than.”

End.