And I'd bring you further roses but it does you no good
Fire bloomed bright and menacingly upon his ever-burning wings, and the dun immediately moved to Ampere's side. He didn't know what the threat was, and so staying with Ampere - following her on whatever collision course with danger she might be on - seemed like the best strategy. Mara and Vorsa immediately departed from him - Vorsa flew towards Grusha, hovering above her like a bright orangey-red beacon, her body awash in flame. Mara slithered with lightning fast speed towards Tae, rushing up her foreleg and stringing herself around the girl's like, like a necklace of poison and death.
Quickly his steely gaze fell upon the two wolf pups - one with Tae, and one with Grusha.
Don't hurt him, he'th mine He heard the larger of the two twins instruct Ampere, and suddenly it all fell into place.
She had thought them predators, but they were far, far worse than that.
They were companions.
Gaucho was sure that even though they hadn't spoken of since their encounter in the Veins, that Ampere's mind had found a way against being forced to accept companion bonding. She'd have had to. She was too strong of will and heart to just let her lifelong mission crumble. Even if Ampere came around to the idea, he was sure she wouldn't have done so this quickly.
"Ampere.." He whispered into the bulk of her shoulder as his massive frame moved to stride in front of her. Gaucho didn't know if the girls had been given the talk about companions yet, and whether this was blatant disobedience, or merely happenstance. Both the girls and the pups were quite young, it wasn't a stretch to see how their minds would reach out and bond to one another.
"How this happen." He asked, his gaze moving from Grusha, to Tae, and then back to the larger of the two.
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