[Allison stops knocking when she catches both the sound of her feet and the scent: waxy sweetness of makeup, something floral...and something else, something with a scent she can't define, but that immediately bursts inside her with a relief she can't connect to, a feeling that isn't her own.
She turns just as Lydia appears, and the sight of her...
Mine.
It's a feeling that echoes in her head and heart like a wolf's growl, and it floods her with so much joy she can hardly stand it. It's just like before, only more because she can finally feel that pack bond. She feels it like a rush of strength, and for a second she loses control as she jogs up to Lydia, lifts Duchess so she's not squished between them, and laughs softly as she sweeps Lydia up in a big hug.
If her eyes flash gold for a split second, maybe it's a trick of the light. If something like a canine growl trills in Lydia's ear, it could easily be masked by Allison's bright laughter and the fact that Duchess immediately tries to squirm close enough to greet Lydia herself with a wet bunny nose and tickling whiskers against her cheek and neck.
There is, however, a ferocious level of strength in Allison's grip that wasn't there before.]
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She turns just as Lydia appears, and the sight of her...
Mine.
It's a feeling that echoes in her head and heart like a wolf's growl, and it floods her with so much joy she can hardly stand it. It's just like before, only more because she can finally feel that pack bond. She feels it like a rush of strength, and for a second she loses control as she jogs up to Lydia, lifts Duchess so she's not squished between them, and laughs softly as she sweeps Lydia up in a big hug.
If her eyes flash gold for a split second, maybe it's a trick of the light. If something like a canine growl trills in Lydia's ear, it could easily be masked by Allison's bright laughter and the fact that Duchess immediately tries to squirm close enough to greet Lydia herself with a wet bunny nose and tickling whiskers against her cheek and neck.
There is, however, a ferocious level of strength in Allison's grip that wasn't there before.]
So am I...and I'm not going anywhere. I promise.