by Kallile » 09/07/2009 11:42 AM
Zeake watched the Lucain before him, watching in her peripheral vision as Mika stirred slightly in her den. Slowly his eyes moved up to the trinket still curled around his horn and he lowered his head to let it slip into his open and waiting claws.
“Alright then…Kaitori, would you consider making my life even brighter by marrying me?” He asked, holding the ring on the necklace and looking at her hopefully. She had asked him to do the asking…but he still felt his stomach knot nervously. It was a big step, even for someone who had been raising an adopted child together.
Kaitori wagged her tails slightly, standing and nuzzling against his chest. She placed her paws up onto his and slipped her nose under the chain, letting it slide gracefully onto her neck. “I would love nothing more than to belong to you.”
She answered. Zeake lowered his head, nuzzling her gently with his beak. He didn’t know what was coming over him, but he felt tears brim on his scaled eyelids. “And I to you.” He answered.
From in her den, Mika slowly opened a golden eye to watch her parents, smiling broadly. Finally, she had been watching momma pin over that necklace for ages! Closing her eyes again, she let out a content sigh and drifted back into happy dreams of the real family they were becoming.
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"I have been hidden, scorned, adored, worshiped, forsaken, coveted and banished more times than I care to count. But the one thing all those experiences cannot steal from me is the gentle soul I was born with, the kind heart I have molded, and the bright ideals for the future that have lit my way through the darkness of the past."