Elann pulling her hand away from Aimee’s drew the wolf’s attention to the Benshira. The flower caught Aimee’s sights all the more. She finished what she had to say then listened as Elann spoke as well. There was a nod of thankfulness and understanding from Aimee, grateful that Elann was the one who encouraged him to write the letter.

“Yeah, I didn’t think he would do it on his own. I had an inkling that it was you or Liam that got him to write it after all, since he spoke of you two so much in it,” she said, pausing as she considered Elann’s question.

“He almost didn’t do it,” she revealed. “Said something about not wanting to because he didn’t feel like it, but that was a lie, I knew. I just waited though, I brought it up and told him about how much I knew he missed it: flying, hunting, being with Zulrav or whatever he does when he flies. I think he was scared, honestly. He told me about the falcon, how low he felt, and how afraid he was something was going to happen to him again. He said the lightning struck the falcon out of nowhere, that it was Zulrav protecting him, so I told him Zulrav would protect him again, and I would to.”

Aimee shrugged nonchalantly. “I think he was concerned about you too, if he ignored you when you mentioned it. I mean, it’s always about the bondmate and how they’ll look at us. At least, that’s what I was concerned about when I was bonded, how my bondmate would look at me. 

Getting him to change took all night though, he would just watch me or stare off into space, no talking. He was relatively silent all night.”