Shade had been trying to pick up the scent, his eyes scanning around for that mysterious white deer, almost a ghost in his mind. He caught a scent of water, and it made him wonder if it ran off for water, away from the wolves that were stalking it. There was a rushing sound in his ears and he was very curious. He let out a small call for Spectre, and he stalked forward, his eyes narrowed at the scene of the 'crime'. His eyes were wide with the awe as he gazed at the source of the noise. The most beautiful waterfall was where it all started, the brook. He just stared at it, the white stag ghost not there, but it made his heart quiver just to see the sight.

"It's beautiful... I-I just don't know what to say." He said half to himself and half out loud. It made him feel almost safe, confident. That was all he could ask for. His eyes gazed at the falls as he cautiously moved forward towards the falls. He took a small drink from the water, and smiled. He felt like this was just, an amazing spot. He was glad for another reason, he was here with Spectre, not some other wolf but the wolf he really liked, maybe he would go as far to say that he loved her. "Spectre?" He asked. Perhaps he was getting ahead of himself, but he felt like it was the time to tell her, or at least hint it and see how she reacted.

Shade smiled as Spectre had admired the waterfall, and then raced him into the water. He, of course, ‘let her win’ and he laughed as he jumped in. He knew it was time, and they both seemed to like swimming around in random water that they happened to find. The stars glittered on the water as reflections and he looked at the water that rushed down into the pool, he was in the calmer waters with Spectre. "It’s all so beautiful out here; it makes me almost never want to leave." He said softly, his eyes had so many emotions in them, even ones that he had not had a feeling for since Rose disappeared. One of them was love. He loved Spectre Lansing.

He probably couldn’t admit it to her, but maybe he could, especially with the scene unwinding around him. He was starting to become… a bit bold with what he said, but not in a bad way. "We have a lot in common don’t we?" He asked her, he wanted to hear her opinion of what she thought. He felt something inside his heart that he couldn’t deny, he would tell her tonight, and hopefully, just like in his dreams, she would say she liked him back. He felt almost guilty, like he was some kind of terrible person for liking this girl when he had children with another woman who was gone. She was not the other alpha {though that could be changed} and he felt like it might hurt Ana. But he figured she would understand. It would all unwind tonight.

Shade looked at his paws as they spoke, fate was perhaps that mysterious ghost that had led them to the falls that they now stood at. He was posed with a question that he could answer with a definite answer. He looked at her, purely speaking the truth and nothing else. "It was fate that brought us here Spectre. It all stopped a bit after our chat. Rosealia disappeared from my thoughts, dreams, everywhere. But a new face was there. At first... I didn't know what it meant, but I know what it meant, all along, I just couldn't get my brain to connect to my heart for a while, my brain was stuck on Rose, not my heart. My heart moved on the day I brought a specific wolf back from the woods and gave her a rank in Pitch Pine Trail. The day I brought you to our home." He said, almost shyly.

He had never been in that position before.It had been obvious to him the first time, when Rose liked him, and he liked her back. But Spectre, was, well a Spectre, mystery surrounded her feelings. "It's more than enough." He stated almost confidently. He had moved on without knowing that he moved on, but it was all fine now. He had been in pieces, thought that no one could put him back together when Rose left. Capella had been there to talk to him, but she was one of his friends, a good friend. Anastasia took care of his pups, but they were just packmates. He went venturing into a dark forest one day, and his heart had started to glue itself together when he met Spectre. She had no memory, so he gave her a pack, and she rose to be the Second of the pack, and the one who he loved. He loved her.

He had prepared for the worst she could say, and that was far from the worst, he laughed in the face of danger. He was ready for anything that the might happen. Perpare for the worst, but hope for the best. Shade knew that Spectre could have been a killer, or she could have had a dangerous past to put the pack in danger, and he really didn't care. He sighed a little bit before stating the cold hard truth. "If I fled from dangerous pasts with my tail between my legs, I would be running right now Spectre. If I had thought that you would bring something dangerous to the pack that the pack couldn't take care of... I would have never brought you back. Spectre, I. Will. Not. Run." The confidence in his voice was what he felt in real life.

Don’t want to let you down. But I am hell bound. Though this is all for you. Don’t want to hide the truth. The words were ones that he had repeated to himself a lot lately. Everyone had a dangerous past in his mind. He knew one thing though, if she was up for it, and she felt the same way. If she promised not to run off without a word and break his heart. If she really wanted to lead beside him, even in spring. If she loved him enough to call her his mate, than he would never run, no matter how tough it got. In good times and in bad, he would be there for her.

Shade admitted to himself that he wanted to name the falls after her. But he held his tongue on that matter when she spoke of the ghost who had brought them there. He had to admit that he wanted to name it after the animal who had brought them there. He figured out a way for it to happen both ways at once. Ghost, Spectre's name meant Ghost in some ways, the spirit was a ghost. His muzzle parted as he spoke the name he had the idea for the amazing falls. "Ghost Falls? The ghost brought us here, and it was a blessing that it did." He did not add about how her name also meant ghost or white ghost. His eyes ere calm as he starred at her.

Shade gazed into the water, the fireflies lit up the sky, and the stars shined down onto the water, creating pretty patterns. He still stood in the water, though it was a shallow end to it It barely covered his paws, his eyes lit up with admiration for the place. "It certainly is one of the most stunning places that I have been to... ever." He stated, remembering how dreary the Death Pine Forest he had been born in was. He remembered his childhood so clearly. His past was a haunting one. Much abuse, and love, protection, death, maiming. It all didn't matter anymore though, it was the present that mattered, a little thing that he learned from Spectre. The past doesn't define you, the present does.