"What are you doing?"
I raise my eyes from the book I am reading to watch my mate, appreciating the view. We had spent the day touring the city and just enjoying being together outside the pack. After we returned from our exploration, we both took a nap but I woke up first. Now he's also up.
"I was reading through Aris' journal. We need to put the clues together to get the general location of where the ring could be."
His heat is over, and we're both relieved that he is back to his normal self without the pain and intense want.
He leans over to see what I am reading.
"Can you read it out to me? Everything sounds better in your voice."
I turn to smile at him, pulling him down to sit with me while I read the clue for the artifact out loud:
The first two lines are signals.
They confirm it's very easy grasping a sign.
In a City of Players,
The Game is Endless.
Funny names and silly tunes
bring the best of lonely blues.
The top is open,