<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/be/Reia-SonLahleli_Posting01.png)</div><strong>Character name</strong>: Son' Lahleli<br/><strong>Who:</strong>Tsaghani Udzaey<br/><strong>Where:</strong>Outside the Alpha House<br/><strong>When: </strong>Night, Sixth Day of the Hunger Moon<br/><hr/><br/>Son' Lahleli was so focused on Tsaghani's face that she saw the moment when something akin to shock passed across his expression before he just stared at her without saying a word. As the moment dragged and he still didn't speak she began to fear having read him wrong and went to move away, her fingers unclenching from his fur cloak. Then he leant forward just a bit, eyes closing.<br/><br/>For that second Son' Lahleli's world seemed to stop, her heartbeat ratcheting up even more and a swooping sensation hallowing her out on the inside. Her fingers tightened once again in the fur and she pulled him even closer, pressing her body against his as her own eyes fluttered shut. His heartbeat filled her ears and she wondered at the sound, the knowledge that she was affecting him so filling her with pride.<br/><br/>She'd had lovers, many of them well versed in the act, but none of them had made her feel as Tsaghani was right then, as if she'd been made just for him. His breath ghosted over her lips and she let out a soft sigh, the growing anticipation sending a shiver down her spine. But the kiss didn't come and a moment later a familiar voice tore her out of the trance she had been in, bringing back the damned flush to her cheeks. Son' Lahleli let herself sag against Tsaghani for moment, taking what strength she could from him and then pulled away, reluctance in every fiber of her being.<br/><br/>Her hand slipping out of his left her empty and she wanted nothing more than to turn back into him and never let go; at the same time she felt embarrassment take over at having been found in such a compromising situation with a stranger, and by her alpha no less. She ducked her head in a true bow so that while she was taller and older than Ts'itu her deference showed the young Alpha's authority. "Ts'itu e'e Son, this is a traveler that has been in search of the Nadaecki pack for some time now." When she spoke her voice was steady and she raised her head to catch her Alpha's eyes before looking over at Tsaghani. "Tsaghani Udzaey wishes to speak with you about his travels."<br/><br/>After a moment she tore her gaze from Tsaghani's and turned back to her Alpha, slight shame coming over her features. Son' Lahleli had never imagined finding herself in this position and she didn't quite know how to act, her usual grace and poise gone as she fumbled for words to explain what had been going on. She opened and closed her mouth a couple times before sighing and ducking her head, this time as a way of hiding from her two companions. "Forgive me, Ts'itu, I let myself get distracted. I don't – It won't happen again."<br/><br/>And it wouldn't, not as far as she could see. It was one thing to let herself be momentarily taken in by the mysterious stranger; it was another to let him completely befuddle her senses. Finding it difficult to reconcile every emotion and thought from the last few minutes, she took a step back and let Ts'itu take over, wanting nothing more than to run away. The uncomfortable feeling in her heart grew, pushing out the warmth Tsaghani had managed to carve out in so short a time, and Son' Lahleli kept her head down, forehead creased in thought as she tried to figure herself out.<br/>