<span style="font-style: italic"><span style="font-weight: bold">Safety first, had to get them safe, had so to find a den to rest and gain our strength back, but he smelled so good. So very good, NO! She had to focus she had to get them to safety! He was hurt; she was hurt, safety, food, shelter. Yesâ€¦find that first and thenâ€¦maybeâ€¦NO! What about Dherris?! He was her mate now! Not Jack! But Dherris is dead! Is he? That manâ€¦he saidâ€¦But we canâ€™t feel him! If he was alive we could feel him! I donâ€™t wantâ€¦Donâ€™t want what?! To hurt Jack again? Would it be hurting him if you went back to him now that Dherris is gone? We donâ€™t know for certain if he is deadâ€¦we have to maintain hope thatâ€¦and do what? Hide and wait while you sit around in pain and need? How long you think you can hold out in your condition before you just take what you want from him? Or someone else?</span></span><br/><br/>Shey shook her head to rid it of her thoughts and personal ramblings as she continued on her search for a safe place for the two of them to rest. After sometime she came across a battered and partially collapsed warehouse, it seemed to have been hit by a tank round during the initial fight but otherwise she felt that it was safe enough. Setting him down behind some oversized crates and boxes sparing a moment to lick him lightly on the cheek then on whatever wounds she spotted to aid in their healing before she moved off to do a quick patrol of the area. She returned later with a fresh bundle of clothes and some food, looted from a dead soldier and an abandoned office that had a mini fridge. Her legs burned something fierce but she knew that whatever breaks that she had acquired were healed though she was going to be tender for a bit longer.<br/><br/>Groaning as the change left her she collapsed forward onto her hands and knees as she struggled to catch her breath, her body burning from her change and from her Heat. When she felt she had gained control of her breathing and could focus again she rose to her feet and slowly pulled on the shirt and pants she found, finding them to be somewhat large on her but it was better than walking around naked. Resting against a crate she focused on the only entrance, the others she found were quickly blocked or trapped in some fashion so that she would only have to focus on one.<br/><br/>There she sat struggling with herself again as she smelled him, heard his breathing, remembered their moments together from a life time ago. How he felt against her bodyâ€¦how he tasteâ€¦the love their shareâ€¦<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic"><span style="font-weight: bold">"Shey...I'm....sorry....I didn't want to....I mean I...He sat himself down hard on the floor, staring down at the ground. <br/><br/>"I just wish...I just wish that everything could be like it was..." Images of a quaint farmhouse in rolling green hills filled his mind's eye and he saw the two of them when they had first come there. It was paradise and he could see a portion of it still reflecting in her eyes. The memory had come surging back when he had first seen her upon awakening, the torrent of images coming unbidden and previously unknown to him. Struggling, he dragged his gaze upwards to peer into her eyes. Hot tears rolled out of his eyelids, cutting into the layer of dust and grime that had accumulated in the chase. As the tears reached his lips, he wiped them away with a dirty sleeve. <br/><br/>"I'm so sorry..."</span></span><br/><br/>Shey looked into his eyes, those rich blue eyes that she remembered staring into them for hours on end, feeling safe, loved and warm. The days the spent today in complete bliss as he worked away on their farm, building them a home with which to raise their family. The pain and emotion in his voice brought tears to her eyes as she closed them hugged herself for a moment, trying to decide what to do. Opening her eyes again to meet his own she could not bear it anymore, could not bear his pain, her own, the whole situation and she found herself moving to him before she could think twice about it. Dropping to her knees before him she wrapped her arms about him pulling him close to her, nuzzling into his neck which she kissed lightly.<br/><br/>â€œJackâ€¦Iâ€¦Iâ€¦â€ she could not formulate the thoughts and emotions going through her mind as she kissed and nuzzled him lightly against the neck.