Bardik was surprised to see the design on her ring included a moon and a wolf. He was watching her play with it nervously. He looked from the ring to her face and could see the mixture of emotions playing there when Alev asked Freya for his hand. He had known they were mates for ages, almost since they met, but he wanted to see how their story played out, now he knew.
"She'll make you a great sister-in-law, you know," he said to Chusi a small smile on his face.
"I'm sure she will, I just feel like I got my family back and now, it's slowly disappearing before me, though," she admitted more to herself than to Bardik, but saying the words out loud caused an unexpected feeling of sadness to wash over her.
"She's just what he needs right now. Someday soon, you'll have your
