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[~echo~]

Jacob nodded absently, staying still for a moment.

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She climbed onto his back, and they shot into the sky in a quick spiral.
Where are we going?

Anywhere, everywhere! Came Elena's joyous response.

[~echo~]

Jacob was already flying in lazy but graceful circles, his wings adjusting to each breath of wind.

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Elena had her dragon level out, start towards the north. Safest place to be, even if it was cold.

[~echo~]

Jacob saw them flying and changed his direction to follow them.

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She hunched over her dragon's back, turning him towards the mountaintop. They needed shelter, and a cave was a safe enough place. They landed, and Elena rolled off his back. Perfect, a little spring nearby.

She didn't notice Jacob as she peeled the clothes off of her body, stepping into the water.

[~echo~]

Jacob didn't notice as he landed in a grove of trees nearby, sitting to finish the rest of his squirrel which he had brought with him in his pack.

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She dunked herself under, surfaced to redress in a dark blue shirt, black leather pants, black boots with gleaming silver buckles, her blonde hair hanging in heavy ropes around her face.
"Jacob!"

[~echo~]

Jacob heard her call and grudgingly got up, walking towards her with a hand over his eyes once he was in the clearing. "Are you decent?"

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"Yes, very. I just wanted to let you know that I was done and you could take a turn while Aqua and I hunt."
She smiled, tilted her head and nodded her head towards her dragon. "He's restless."

[~echo~]

"Oh. Okay," he said with a blink. "Thank you."

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She nodded, rested her lips lightly on Jacob's cheek before moving away from him. "Feel free to camp here, but if you need to be outside, feel free to drag some of the quilts and things from Aqua before we leave."

[~echo~]

"Are you leaving? Where are you going?" he asked, not paying any attention to the tender kiss she gave him.

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"I have some business to attend to and didn't think you'd want to join." She shrugged.

"I'll be back within two days, the night after the full moon. I wanted to hunt for you first, because if you move, I won't be able to find you."

[~echo~]

He blinked. "That's kind of you. Thank you. I will likely stay."

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She nodded, kept the polite smile on her face even as her heart tumbled and rolled and throbbed with pain in her chest.
"Very well. I will see you when I return, then?"

[~echo~]

He nodded. "Right. See you."

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Two days later, they returned. Elena was tired but glowing, kills thrown over her back. She had hunted on the way home, and she was glad of it. Winter was in full swing and hunting would be scarce from then on.

"Jacob?"

It was the middle of the night, the moon a dangerous silver in a sky of deep indigo.

[~echo~]

Jacob was sitting just inside the cave, his tawny wings wrapped tightly around himself.

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"Hey, you! Brought home dinner." She plopped beside him, the deer at her side. "You okay?"