Chapter 31

~Kamari~

"I'm starting to think you all lied to me." I laid myself out on a boulder, soaking in the sun—a whole month. I hadn't seen any sign of Ryuu, which made me feel so hollow.

"Do you trust me?" Koa's voice makes me look to my side at his pirate-like smirking face. I roll on my stomach and stare back at him. "No," I lie with a soft smile.

"I'm sure he's okay. I'm—" I couldn't even find the words, "I want to see him." To go through all that labor and only have a moment with him cut deep. I leer at him, "You better not be led by this pride when I go into heat. I will maul you, but not in a good way." I smirk.

Koa bites his lip. "I'd like that." He says.

"Oh, I hate you…" I give him a playful smile as I sit up and slide off the boulder. "Where's Nye?" I ask since I haven't seen him since morning, and dusk is brewing.

"He went to fly." Koa says, obviously, "Do you not know him by now? Oof!" I elbow Koa in the rib cage, then chuckle, "Are you playing with me?"