*Kiona*

I study him for a full minute. He waits, unmoving. “You didn't go down on one knee”.

“Don't take offense, but I kneel for no one”.

I think of Castor who had gone to both knees, without hesitation, when it might have meant death. Castor who had come to me when I was lost in the throes of a nightmare and guided me out of it. Giving me a memory to replace it, another that involved going to his knees. But he has told me it was all a fantasy. That I should return to my Alpha. Castor Softpaw would only give me one night. But what if I...