Hannah kept her head down, her tail tucked as she watched him take the offering.  The scent of him seemed to cling to the air between them, speaking of his exhaustion and weakness, but also of the strength beneath the surface that made him an Alpha.  He smelled of heated air and sun baked rocks, of streams and hidden woods where man had never walked.  He didn’t smell like home, not like Grayson did, but now that he was no longer threatening her directly there was something comforting about the scent.<br/><br/>She took a tentative step forward, the desire to follow him a living, breathing thing that moved her forward before thought caught up with her.  It was only the fact that she’d already disobeyed her Alpha that made her stop and back away reluctantly, putting more distance between them.  She didn’t take her gaze off of him, not even when she hit the line of trees and sank down to watch the cabin from a safe distance, the pain from her injury having already faded.<br/><br/><div align="center">~~*~~*~~*~~</div><br/>His wolf settled at her nod of ascent, her agreement soothing the more violent urges from his blood as he took a deep breath again, dragging in another heady dose of her scent.  He caught the faint undertone of gunpowder and oil from her skin again and tilted his head, his eyes narrowed thoughtfully.  He didn’t fear a weapon in her hands, it would take more bullets than her gun likely carried to stop him before he tore her apart, but the same couldn’t be said for all of his people.<br/><br/>He needed to know more about her, to get a feel for her honesty and intentions before he left her alone in his territory for even a moment, and she gave him the perfect opportunity to do so.  “Sure.  A beer would be good,” he said with a slightly feral grin as he took another step back and gave her barely enough room to move past him to the door if she was willing to brush against him in passing.<br/><br/>“What kind of gun do you own?  Planning to use it while you’re here?” he asked casually just as she passed him, the growl in his voice more felt than heard.<br/>