“So,” she said after a while. “Am I allowed to go?”

“Where are you going?” he asked after dressing up.

“To venom pack, up north.”

“That’s a bit far,” he commented.

“Yes, that’s why I chose to run there.”

“I don’t think you’ll reach there faster. Why don’t we go to the shed and you put on some clothes then I drive you to wherever you want to go.”

“You’d do that for me?”

He nodded. “Not for you. For me. I still need more time with you.”

“You don’t understand. I have to return to my pack before nightfall. I’m under punishment and I have to be at work...