[There's a lot for Eun to absorb as she lets him speak. With her hand kissed once more and held in his, she finds it easier to stand there to listen to him now that she has relieved the pressure she felt with her own words bottled behind a wolf's teeth.
No doubt Asil has a fair idea of how Eun feels about the Alpha of the Carmel Valley pack, and his handling of her situation. She thought him weak and regressive in light of the way he allowed the behavior of some members to continue. It had not occurred to her, for she did not have the knowledge, that he had been at a loss of how to handle a female werewolf more dominant to those who pursued her. Especially in a hierarchy that had traditionally considered her at the bottom of the pack, lest she was mated. If it is true that he went her to Bran for her sake, rather than to rid himself or a pesky problem, it is possible she will have to revise her opinion of him. Perhaps even thank him for sending her here, where already she knows she feels so much more at home.
Eun warms somewhat as Asil further says that she is more woman than they could hope to handle. Bites back a retort that she doesn't want someone to handle her because everything he has done or said proves that he knows that. It pleases her even more to know that Bran sees her for who she is, and that they placed her at all in the same category as Anna, and Mercy (of whom many stories are still told) strokes her ego. More than that, Asil speaking of it to her in a way that does not warn her away from such behavior on Bran's behalf gives her hope that perhaps if she is very smart about it, she may be able to do her part to open werewolf culture to fairer treatment of their female members. Kara is clearly loved and cherished here, but wouldn't it be something if, should she wish to go out on her own at some point, she might have more freedom to choose a place and pack that would treat her as well there as she is here?
She does not miss that he warns her that there are older wolves who, in the face of her challenge, would do their best to put her back in her place with extreme prejudice.
She also does not miss the implications of what Asil would do in that hypothetical situation, or that his reaction might cause Bran to grant him his request from years ago. There is no part of her that thinks that Asil is telling her to sit back and accept things as they are, for his sake, but that he feels them as entangled as she gives her cause to consider her actions cautiously should a situation arise in the future.
Because he too seems to see their present, that she has come to Aspen Creek, as a gift. Her other hand moves up to cup his, to squeeze gently as he touches her cheek, eyes widening as he at last translates his earlier endearment.]
Mi amor, mi vida, mi alma...
[My love, my life, my soul.
Since the first, she has felt a connection to him, and at times she has handled it poorly simply because no one has ever gotten not just under her skin but under her ribs and touched her heart. Again and again, she's instinctively rejected the offer or desire for more than casual benefits with others because she knew they weren't right for her. She always thought that when she did find the right person for her, or at least a right person for her, she would see the potential there and give them the time to get to know her properly.
She didn't expect to find them and know so quickly. Nothing that has happened here today has changed the fact that Asil feels more her match, more right for her, than anyone ever has. As if somehow they were both waiting for this opportunity to meet. He calls her his soul and she feels it reverberate in her chest. Even for their miscommunication, the assumptions and worries of complications, she has felt more solid and sure of him than she ever thought possible, especially on such short acquaintance. Would she have been upset to be scared by him earlier, if she had not cared so deeply for him, and thus felt so betrayed by his actions? And yet for all of that her faith in him seems unwavering. Her belief...]
I've never given my heart to someone before, but I believe that it has always been meant for you, Asil.
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No doubt Asil has a fair idea of how Eun feels about the Alpha of the Carmel Valley pack, and his handling of her situation. She thought him weak and regressive in light of the way he allowed the behavior of some members to continue. It had not occurred to her, for she did not have the knowledge, that he had been at a loss of how to handle a female werewolf more dominant to those who pursued her. Especially in a hierarchy that had traditionally considered her at the bottom of the pack, lest she was mated. If it is true that he went her to Bran for her sake, rather than to rid himself or a pesky problem, it is possible she will have to revise her opinion of him. Perhaps even thank him for sending her here, where already she knows she feels so much more at home.
Eun warms somewhat as Asil further says that she is more woman than they could hope to handle. Bites back a retort that she doesn't want someone to handle her because everything he has done or said proves that he knows that. It pleases her even more to know that Bran sees her for who she is, and that they placed her at all in the same category as Anna, and Mercy (of whom many stories are still told) strokes her ego. More than that, Asil speaking of it to her in a way that does not warn her away from such behavior on Bran's behalf gives her hope that perhaps if she is very smart about it, she may be able to do her part to open werewolf culture to fairer treatment of their female members. Kara is clearly loved and cherished here, but wouldn't it be something if, should she wish to go out on her own at some point, she might have more freedom to choose a place and pack that would treat her as well there as she is here?
She does not miss that he warns her that there are older wolves who, in the face of her challenge, would do their best to put her back in her place with extreme prejudice.
She also does not miss the implications of what Asil would do in that hypothetical situation, or that his reaction might cause Bran to grant him his request from years ago. There is no part of her that thinks that Asil is telling her to sit back and accept things as they are, for his sake, but that he feels them as entangled as she gives her cause to consider her actions cautiously should a situation arise in the future.
Because he too seems to see their present, that she has come to Aspen Creek, as a gift. Her other hand moves up to cup his, to squeeze gently as he touches her cheek, eyes widening as he at last translates his earlier endearment.]
Mi amor, mi vida, mi alma...
[My love, my life, my soul.
Since the first, she has felt a connection to him, and at times she has handled it poorly simply because no one has ever gotten not just under her skin but under her ribs and touched her heart. Again and again, she's instinctively rejected the offer or desire for more than casual benefits with others because she knew they weren't right for her. She always thought that when she did find the right person for her, or at least a right person for her, she would see the potential there and give them the time to get to know her properly.
She didn't expect to find them and know so quickly. Nothing that has happened here today has changed the fact that Asil feels more her match, more right for her, than anyone ever has. As if somehow they were both waiting for this opportunity to meet. He calls her his soul and she feels it reverberate in her chest. Even for their miscommunication, the assumptions and worries of complications, she has felt more solid and sure of him than she ever thought possible, especially on such short acquaintance. Would she have been upset to be scared by him earlier, if she had not cared so deeply for him, and thus felt so betrayed by his actions? And yet for all of that her faith in him seems unwavering. Her belief...]
I've never given my heart to someone before, but I believe that it has always been meant for you, Asil.