Ghian
Water and food were poor substitutes for his real duties as Aalyan’s mate and alpha, but it was all Ghian could think to do right then. After what he’d done. This time, there was no Moon to blame or pack members to reprimand. They had been alone and he’d frightened his mate to the point that he’d passed out to escape him.
He didn’t know how he could ever make up for it, but he could hunt.
It had the added benefit of leaving Aalyan alone, if he wanted... If he left now, Ghian wouldn’t follow, not even if it killed him.
But when he returned to the cave, his ears picked up his mate’s even breathing right away, relief and grief mixing in his chest as he shifted back to cook the fish.
Aalyan came out on his own halfway through, eyeing the two fully cooked fish cooling on leaves on th
