Eido had no idea what was going on. She felt like she was on fire, and all she wanted to do was get away from everyone else and douse the burning that encompassed her entire being. The pale girl whined as she padded through the dogwoods that were just about to bloom. She rubbed her flanks across the trunks in an attempt to scratch the itch that had embedded itself in her core. She was probably sick, or something. She should probably see Draven, if she were honest with herself, but she didn't think she could stand being touched at the moment.

She remembered the time that she'd seen her mother behave like this, the spring before, but she hadn't been told how she had fixed it. Mother and father had gone off for a few days and...

Oh.

Oh.

It was springtime. She was pretty much an adult now. There was a tug in her chest to go find @Cernan or the man she'd met a few weeks ago, @Bane. She didn't know if she had to ask @Vespertio or @Namid if it would be okay to... to do that. Eido had never really thought of this type of thing before. She'd never imagined having puppies or a mate or even going through this. It was so weird, and though she didn't want to admit it... it was kind of exciting.

She wasn't aware that things were not going to turn out the way she was picturing.

The little wolf hadn't expected to run into anyone on her little escapade into the Heart, but sure enough, a voice sounded behind her. She whipped around, her orange eyes round with surprise and her body instinctively lowering a bit. But the man - a whiteish creature with burning orange eyes - did not appear to be aggressive. In fact, he almost seemed to be teasing her, so maybe he was just playful.

"Not well," she admitted sheepishly, her tail waving gingerly behind her and her posture taking on a submissive sort of stance. "But I guess you could tell that, couldn't you?" A part of her wanted to flirt with the man; to entice him and get him to help her with her problem, but that was not in her nature. Not even under the grips of heat.

She shifted her weight, her flank still pressed against the tree. "Um, my name is Eidolon, but everybody calls me Eido. What's your name?"

It wasn't the first time the gullible girl had been lied to, and it certainly would not be the last. And, as usual, she believed him wholeheartedly. "Reed is a nice name," she told him, trembling just a little as he approached her. Her orange eyes scanned him up and down, and she made no move to bridge the gap between the two of them.

Her skin flushed under her fur when he mentioned her hiding up against the tree, and she shifted her weight. "Not... not hiding," she defended, though the jib had relaxed her a bit. Not to mention his closer proximity was igniting the heat back up in her pelt, and she subconsciously brushed against the tree to try and stifle it. A soft whine caught in the back of her throat.

"You sure you won't bite?" she asked uncertainly, tail beginning to wag softly behind her. She wasn't sure that this was the best idea, but her logical side wasn't at its strongest at the moment. No woman's was, to be honest. It wasn't that she would want Larkspur under any other circumstance, or Cernan or Bane, for that matter. It was just a primal part of her that was telling her that she needed to give in and just go with it.

The cream-colored girl allowed the touch to her nose and the very, very close proximity. Both things that the girl would absolutely not have allowed, under any other circumstances in this entire world. The closeness was burning her fur; the heat from the season overwhelming every sense she contained and turning her vision into a hazy red. In a fit of hormones and spring fever, the little wolf licked the white-and-gray-beast's chin and brushed her side against his chest, on her way to turning her back to him.

"Do you want to?"