HE DID REST, RIGHT there on the ground and later in their cave where Ghian carried him in his arms.
And then he woke, heart racing. His mate was by his side, alert and ready, a hand on Aalyan’s thigh. “You are okay,” he was told softly.
He nodded, eyes still travelling around to reassure himself.
Ghian let him do it.
He ate the mango his mate had collected in advance of his arrival and drank the water, kept cool in their shelves, and then he met Ghian’s eyes and asked, “What did you decide?”
Ghian frowned. “We didn’t. I... This is your decision more than anyone else’s, and I wouldn’t make a major determination for the pack without you anyway.”
“Oh.” He hadn’t expected that at all, of course Ghian had been involving him, but to hold off on something like this to wait on Aalyan’s opini
