Reuniting Tornedalians

He rested his head. On his paws.

"I've missed you," Peyton told him quietly.

He nodded in agreement, before he moved away from her and despite the full moon he was able to turn back to human. "I missed you too."

Peyton raised an eyebrow in confusion. "Koby... How did you?"

"Working with the witches, they didn't take the spell off before they died, I've been working on it since."

"I don't understand what you mean,"

"Part of the rituals was forcing me. Out of a shift, mainly for their own safety." He explained.

"Right.." She mumbled, still confused. Pulling her knees up to her chest and turning her gaze out to the forest ahead instead.

"How have you been?" He asked, sitting beside her, he looked perfectly normal. Except his eyes had remained that of the wolf.

"Fine," She answered. "I have a friend, a community. They listen to what I have to say, ask me to be involved in things. I belong. Its nice to belong."

He nodded. "I'm glad."

"Mm. All that is missing is you."

He nodded. "Think this shows that you don't need me." He told her.

"Not need, want though."

He shrugged. "I'm thinking of taking over the pack in the south." He told her.

"You think you can take on thst alpha? You haven't had to do anything like that for a long time."

He shrugged. "I'm not exactly an old man just yet, but I think I could." He told her. "That wolf was his sister, she's asked me."

Peyton looked to the side at him then, watching him for a few minutes. "That pack is close to here, maybe you can have the pack, I can have the coven and... And each other too?"

He nodded. "Sounds like a good idea."

"Do you want that?"

"I do miss you, but maybe this time we take. It slow?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well, maybe we should be friends for a while." He td her. "We never really. Did that."

"We did that plenty when we first met," Peyton whispered. Adding quietly, "We've always been friends."

"I know thay, but I felt like we lost that that with everything that was going on."