His wise words soothed her. She could almost feel the guilt and regret fading away from her heart. Her heart seemed to lighten and she felt more confident and secure with herself. His masculine head rested on her neck and a sigh almost like a satisfied pour escaped her maw. Live in the now. Didn't sound too hard. "Too bad I'm already crazy." She with a teasing tone. She glanced t the two cubs, allowing her salmon tongue to reach out and caress the balls of love.



The pressure of Tlarx's head lifted until she could not feel it anymore. She too lifted her head to stare up at him. Her fiery eyes meeting his soft, chocolatey ones. She reached up to delicately lick his muzzle. She had finally found the love of her life without even trying. "I love you." She said, a sweet smile playing on her mignon face. Perhaps it was a good thing that cougar decided she looked good enough to eat, or else she probably never would have found her love.

The rough voice of the man beside her ruffled the feelings that she once stored deep inside her. But it was all true. She did love him and perhaps with the years to come she will learn to love him even more. Her tail wagged in adoration and excitement at the thought. She watched keenly on how he nuzzled the cubs with great care and love. Almost like how she does it. Love and kindness is what a cub needs and they were both getting their share. Perhaps it was a shame how they left them, but she wouldn't have been able to realize these feelings. It wasn't like she was thankful for them leaving. That would be the last thing she would be thinking. Perhaps, however, maybe this was fate acting in her favor. Giving her a second chance to improve someone's life where hers had been such a hardship.



His question somewhat caught her off guard. She had never thought of actually having children of her own. She was always one to help another mother out and learn to care and cherish another's offspring. But, her own? That was a subject that had never once entered her mind. But with her being leader now, she had those rights. She would be allowed to have her own children without the threat of exile. She turned to him now, her fiery eyes softening, "I've never really thought about having children of my own. I've always taken care of others children, but I never thought about having any of my own. However, now that I'm allowed to have that privilege, I would love to have my own cubs to love and cherish." Isn't it one's dream to have their own children? Perhaps, she should start dreaming a little bit more.