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There were once two warring tribes in the Deep Forest. The Claw clan and the Fang clan. The Claw clan was comprised entirely of felines with their strongest forces comprised of Tigers, Lions and Jaguars. The Fang clan consisted of canines with their strongest forces made up of Wolf's, Hyenas and Jackals.

It was forbidden for the two sides to befriend the other or fall in love, and same gender relations were considered taboo. Such members were cast out to fend for themselves, or killed on the spot. This is a story about a love between two opposing tribes.

*

A lone red furred wolf crouched in waiting; waiting for the last of the felines to leave the watering hole as dusk started setting in.

She had found out the hard way that Dusk was her friend, her red pelt made it easy to hide under the setting sun.

Creeping out from the foliage, she stretched out and upwards to ease the cramps out after laying in wait for so long, her ample bust thrusting out and tail arching before with a quiet sigh, slunk off to fill a wooden container up with water.

"Huh, so you're an outcast too eh?" A jibing voice suddenly spoke from above.

Whipping her head up, she saw a sleek feline grinning at her like a Cheshire, the wolf jumping back and whipping her dagger from its scabbard, assuming a defensive position.

"Hey whoa! I ain't looking for a fight," the newcomer said, vaulting onto the ground before righting herself and putting her hands up.

She was a sleek, slender thing with a small bust. Perfect for climbing and stealth but no good in a test of brawn.

The feline seemed to eye the wolf's lovely form, from her wide hips to the shapely fur covered breasts.

The wolf relaxed somewhat but didn't sheath her dagger yet. "Look I know we are on opposing sides but I have no beef with you. This war between tribes is idiotic and honestly glad to be an outcast. More violence than brains the lot of them," she said. "My name is Leaf Paw," she said, thrusting her hand out, only for the wolf to eye it cautiously but made no move.

Looking her over, she saw the telltale signs of a grey furred and black marked Serval with her lithe, spotted body and short tail.

"What's the matter, cat got your tongue?" Leaf taunted, starting to get annoyed at the wolf's cold nature.

The wolf narrowed her eyes and growled, or least, tried to, but all that came out was a type of hissy rattle in her throat before jabbing at her neck and crossing her arms.

"You're...a mute?" Leaf said, suddenly feeling bad for her jibe. "I'm sorry...I didn't mean any bad by it," she said before sighing. "So much for making convo I guess huh?"

She walked past her and stooped over to scoop a few handfuls of water to drink before splashing the rest over her face fur, shaking her head to dry it out.

Walking past the red wolf, she turned and smiled, "Well take care wolf, I'm going to hunt for something before I starve to death," she said, taking a step only for her stomach to make a loud gurgle, causing Leaf to clutch her stomach with an embarrassed look.

Sighing, the wolf rummaged through some tall grass where she had a basket hidden, full of berries she had picked earlier.

Grabbing a handful, she offered them, palm up to her.

"Berries? What kind of wolf are you?"

Giving a hurt look, she made a deliberate show of retracting her hand, "No no, I'll take them. Thanks," Leaf said, waving her hands frantically.

Giving a sly smile, she handed them to her. Leaf sniffed them as if they might be poisonous, so the wolf popped one into her muzzle and chewed before swallowing, showing they weren't harmful.

Placing one in her muzzle, Leaf chewed before gagging, unused to the bitter taste of the berries before swallowing. "How do you eat these?" She said with her tongue out.

Finding a patch of dirt, the wolf wrote with a claw, 'You get used to them.'

"I suppose it is better than starving..." Leaf muttered before downing the rest as quick as she could before asking her name.

Hesitating for a second, she decided there wouldn't be much harm in telling her name, especially since Leaf already told hers.

'EMBER' she wrote in the dirt before rubbing it out.

"Ember huh? Suits you with that flaming red coat of yours," Leaf smiled before getting up and stretching. "Well not long before the nasties come out," she said, looking out as the last rays of sun started to dip over the horizon, "Say...want to make this a regular thing? I know we are of different clans but this was nice this," Leaf said, only to see Ember had already vanished.

A howl sounded off in the distance. Crap, she had lost track of time. The Fang clan's time was under the cover of darkness.

Quickly scrabbling up the nearest tree, she just got her tail out of sight when the clan emerged from the brush. Some noses took to the air, sniffing about but thankfully the slight scent from the pine tree was enough to mask her scent.

It was going to be a long night stuck up here until they had their fill.

*

Ember made her way back to her hideout as fast and quiet as she could, keeping her ears open for any telltale sounds of rear scouts or anything else unusual.

Just the odd night critter stirred as she made her way to where she called home, which was a long abandoned bear den. Thankfully it smelled enough of them and she made sure to venture out now and then for the unenviable task of extracting bear waste to place outside in order to deter any explorers.

The downside? She had to be weary in case another bear came in out of interest.

It wasn't much, just a bare cave with a few flowers strewn about here and there and a few baskets of fruit. She did eat the odd rodent or rabbit but that was on the rare side. After all, a wolf hunted poorly alone.

Near the back wall was a mossy clump she had taken back to sleep on. It wasn't the same as the hammocks they had in the village but it was better than sleeping on a stone floor.

Her furred pelt had become much more dense than the other wolves, there was little she could do to cover herself, but her body had adapted.

As Ember helped herself to a few berries she curled up on the mossy bed. It was starting to smell bad so time to dig up more soon.

Her thoughts turned towards the feline she had met. She hated to cut and run but her hearing was more acute and could hear her former pack in the distance. If they caught her with a feline, she would have been killed on the spot.

Still, she hoped Leaf had managed to hide and was unharmed. Unlike the rest of the pack she didn't want this clan war. But since that time she trusted could she even trust anyone anymore?

She tried to whine, but all that came was a rattling sound before she bared her teeth in frustration and curled up, wrapping her arms and tail about her form as she tried to escape in her dreams.

*

Ember set about to replenish her berry stock the next day, or so that had been her intention.

A noise in the distance signalled a viscous skirmish had broken out between the two clans. The telltale roars and howls echoed through the forest, another territorial fight with neither side giving ground.

She retreated from the sounds of the skirmishing, only her attention was too focussed ahead and not her surroundings.

"And what do we have here huh?" a gruff voice sounded, a muscular arm wrapping around her, lifting the wolfess up into the air.

Holding her aloft easily with one arm, he restrained her, pinning her arms to her body. The large, muscular wolf was Iron Fang, son of Steel Fang, the chief of the Fang tribe. She was betrothed to him before she was outcast, not by choice but by forced arrangement. "The little runaway feline lover is still kicking huh? You are made of tougher stuff than I thought. We'd all bet our teeth you wouldn't make it past the first week but here you are three months later on. Mmh traitors like you have to be put to death, which will come. But first, I am going to have my fun, slow time with you before I put you out of our clan's misery," he chuckled ominously.

Ember wriggled and tried to free herself, she tried to cry out for help but all that came out was a dry rattle.

He started running his tongue over her shoulder and up her neck, a large paw gripped and squeezed her chest, chuckling in a cruel manner as she redoubled her efforts in vain. "Oh I am going to enjoy this and who knows, maybe in another life you won't be so pathetic," Iron chuckled only to grunt as a rock smacked him in the back of the head.

"Come on fido, want to play fetch?" Leaf taunted from a low branch, turning around to smack her behind at him in taunt.

"FELINE! I will enjoy ripping you asunder!" Iron snarled and flung Ember into a hardwood tree before giving chase.

Leaf dropped to the floor, presenting herself an easy target as she ran in a direction she had planned in her head.

Leaping over a hidden rope, she leaned up against the bark of a tree. "I have an especially large stick for you fido," she grinned, still taunting him.

"Feline, if you think some stick will distract me, then," he paused as his foot snagged something, followed by the whoosh of a log tugged loose and slammed him full in the face, knocking him clean out cold. Probably breaking a jaw and his nose.

"Typical brute, all muscle, no brains," Leaf said before remembering Ember.

Dashing back in her direction, she grunted as she tried to pick her up but her lithe frame was not up to the task.

But she had always had a clever brain, so she grabbed the rope from her earlier surprise, tied it to her legs and used the low branch of a leafy tree to haul her up and over the branch. Once she was safely draped over, she quickly scaled the tree to secure her more safely before using her dagger to saw the rope off and pull it clear, leaving no evidence just as more of the Fang pack arrived.

"That muscle headed idiot," a jackal said as they say Iron's prone form, "he always thinks he can brute force everything."

Grunting as he slung him over a shoulder, one of the skirmishers, a coyote, sniffed the air. "I smell a feline around," he said, only to receive a smack across the muzzle.

"There are felines everywhere! We have to fall back with his son otherwise Steel will have both our tails!" He growled before they slunk off, with the coyote giving one last backwards glance, unnervingly close to where Ember and Leaf were hiding in the tree.

"Few, that was sure a close one," Leaf said as she turned around as Ember came to, clutching her head and nearly fell off the tree branch until Leaf grabbed her.

She flailed soon as he realised it was a feline, grabbing the dagger at her hip before Leaf pinned her down. "Chill, chill! It's me, princess!" she said, forcing the panicked red wolf to look at her until her panicked dilated pupils shrunk and she regained her senses.

"Lucky I was nearby, I was just trying out some trapping when a turf war started out! Fighting again over rights to the watering hole," she scowled towards the forest and shook her head. "So dumb," she growled before seeing Ember trying to climb down, wrapping her limbs around the branch in fright. "I guess this isn't natural for you huh Ember?" She said before jumping down. "Here, I'll catch you," she said with a broad smile.

Ember just shook her head with Leaf scowling, "You still don't trust me? After saving your tail? What is your damage, girl?" she spat. "Fine, find your own way off, I have better things to do than stay where I'm not wanted."

She turned as if to leave when Ember made a rattling sound in her voice to get her attention. She looked then nodded before swallowing hard, jumped down with Leaf nearly getting flattened, just about keeping her footing as she slowed her fall.

"There, that wasn't so...bad," Leaf trailed off as Ember righted herself and looked into her eyes, her own blue eyes meeting green, a spellbinding feeling overcoming the pair.

"W-well anyways um, I guess I will be going now, t-take care," she said, about to run off when Ember grabbed her by the tail and tugged gently, indicating with her head to follow her.

"You want me to follow you? Are you sure about that?" She said, Ember hesitating before giving a reaffirming nod before running off.

Giving chase, Leaf was surprised at how athletic the red wolf was as she picked a route she knew by heart, leaping over a fallen tree and picking a confusing path through the foliage before a warning scent put Leaf's hackles on end. "Ember, we should turn back. I smell a bear nearby," she said with a nervous twinge to her voice.

Slowing down, Ember shook her head and indicated to follow her, giving a look to say she could trust before resuming her run.

Eventually they came to the source of the smell at the mouth of a cave with Ember skirting around some waste that had flies buzzing around.

"What the heck are you doing in a place like this girl?" Leaf grumbled.

Leaf led the way into the back of the cave where the scent of a few fragrant flowers helped mask the scent along with some fruit baskets.

She picked up a slab of chalk Ember happened on and wrote on the wall. "KEEP OTHERS AWAY."

"Yeah? What say a bear comes across and thinks it is an open invite?" Leaf said with her paws on her hips.

"LIFE IS ALWAYS A GAMBLE."Ember wrote before inclining her head to the other side of the cave wall.

Approaching it, Leaf saw scores of marks and when she added them up she said, ""You've been here three months?" she said softly, suddenly feeling like her two weeks meant little. "I guess that is how you have learned to survive for so long on just berries huh?"

Ember just nodded with a sad look in her eyes, twisting to stare off at the mouth of the tunnel.

Leaf stood staring at Ember, she looked so forlorn and had no idea what to do to help. And these stirrings, they were similar to before when...she was cast out for being 'tainted.'

She had to know what happened to Ember; about why she had appeared so weary of her and what happened to her voice.

Seating herself by her side, the soft motion brought the wolf out of her reverie. "I know you are weary of me but please, you can trust me," Leaf said, placing a hand on a red furred knee. "I know something happened to make you like this. Please, let me in so I understand."

Closing her eyes, Ember seemed to war with two choices before opening her blue eyes and nodded.

Grabbing the chalk stone again, she started to write with Leaf reading as she went along.

"I WAS AGAINST THIS WAR BETWEEN TRIBES, WHEN I TRIED TO STAND UP TO THE CHIEF I WAS STRUCK DOWN AND CALLED WEAK. I FOLLOWED THE PACK IN SECRET TO A FIGHT BETWEEN CLANS. WHEN I SAW A CHEETAH ABOUT TO BE FINISHED I RUSHED TO HIS AID AND KNOCKED THE FOX OUT. ONLY INSTEAD OF THANKING ME, HE SLASHED AT MY THROAT.

I NEARLY BLED OUT BUT MY WINDPIPE WAS INTACT. BUT SOMETHING WAS BROKEN IN MY VOICE, I COULD NOT TALK OR HOWL. I WAS DEEMED A TRAITOR AND WAS BANISHED FROM MY PACK SOON AS I WAS BACK ON MY FEET. I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO TRUST EITHER SIDE SINCE."

As she finished she tapped Leaf on the shoulder and lifted the fur back of her throat, showing a bare patch of fur and badly healed flesh.

Inspecting the wound, Leaf's green eyes went from wide shock, to narrowed disgust, her tail flicking about in agitation. "This from a clan member of mine you had spared?" She said, a growl sounding from the serval's throat in disgust. "No wonder you didn't trust me. I am...sorry. It is why I wish for a way out of this forest."

Ember stared at her with a quizzical expression, only for the feline to laugh. "Oh come on, don't tell me you haven't heard the stories? Of how there is a world much greater and larger than ours outside of here, of how gender doesn't matter and instead of travelling about on foot or tree people go about in metal boxes on wheels and can even fly?"

Ember now stared at her in rapt attention, drinking up all her words as if she described a paradise.

"Well it is only fair to tell you why I was kicked out. You see I was the daughter of a powerful warrior, a rarity among Servals. But you see I..." she faltered and looked away in embarrassment, "fell for the chief's daughter and well, when I tried to talk her round to my way of thinking, I was banished for loving another woman," Leaf said with a sigh. "Had I been the daughter to someone lesser known I would have been killed on the spot. So I guess I should be lucky to still have my life, I guess?"

When she looked back at Ember again, expecting disgust and for her to point her out, she was close. Much too close, staring at her with keen interest.

"E-Ember?" Leaf said in a breathy whisper, her heart starting to hammer in her thin chest. God she was so beautiful, she could just stare at this pretty wolf forever.

Ember suddenly leaned into Leaf, pressing their muzzles together and angling her head, took the shocked feline's muzzle in for a brief but hot and needy kiss.

"E-Ember?" Leaf gasped as they parted, staring at her as the wolfess looked sheepishly away and picked up her chalk stone again.

"I LIKE FEMALES TOO. BUT IF I WAS FOUND OUT I WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED ON THE SPOT," she wrote before continuing. "YOU ARE STRONG AND KIND. IF THIS WORLD YOU TALK ABOUT EXISTS LET US HEAD THERE AND LIVE."

Leaf was stunned, here she had found a kindred spirit in another species. Yes, if this ever got out they would be branded as sinners and slaughtered, their heads mounted as a warning. But she was right, there must be a way out of this forest. It was forbidden, but what was one more sin to add to the list?

"Ember...," Leaf whispered before pressing her lithe body into her own and guiding them both down onto the cool, stony floor before catching her muzzle in another kiss.

Their arms wrapped around each other, rolled around the stone floor as they kissed with passion. Ember's speaking of loneliness and desire, Leaf's of need and wanting to be accepted. It was like a drug, the more they kissed, explored each other's muzzle and taste, the more they lost themselves in the moment.

Eventually they bumped into her baskets of berries, causing a few to spill onto the floor.

Pausing in their lust frenzied make out, Ember stared at the berries before a mischievous smile crossed her muzzle.

"Um Ember, what are you planning?"

The red wolf reached and plucked up a berry, pulled the stem out and rubbed Leaf's pussy, her hand coming away with a film of arousal clinging to her pads.

Smirking, she pressed the berry into her folds, bringing a surprised moan from the feline before pulling it out, then placing it in her own muzzle, licking her lips with the taste.

"You...are naughty Ember," Leaf panted before wrapping her legs around to flip the wolf over. "My turn," she smiled and picked out a wild strawberry.

Pushing in, she gave the fruit a small twist in Ember's folds, giving it a good coating of her tangy juices before pulling it out and making a show of eating it, moaning at how the wolf's juices just made it taste better.

Leaf made a show of licking her fingers whilst keeping her dominant position on top of Ember. "You are so cute Ember, and beautiful," Leaf said as she saw her flustered and needy expression, her blue eyes darting away from the feline shyly.

"Sorry, I don't mean to be a tease," she said, gently grinding her knee into her pussy. "But if you taste that good on fruit, I wonder how good you will taste straight from the source?" Leaf grinned playfull before going down on her.

Arching her head up to stare at Leaf, her eyes widened, seeing the feline's head go between her spread legs.

She weakly tried to close them, only for Leaf to firmly grip and spread Ember's thighs wider. "Just relax, let me take care of you Ember," she said and without further delay, pressed her muzzle against her folds and lapped around her labia.

A rattling hiss came from Ember's muzzle, her mouth wide open as Leaf buried her muzzle between her spread legs, now offering no resistance with her body eagerly arching into her lovely tongue. Leaf moved her tongue about the lovely wolf tunnel with deft expertise, the skill of her tongue telling Ember she had done this before.

She was surprisingly gentle with the rough textured tongue yet thorough, exploring parts of Ember the wolf was familiar with and new to her.

Pressing her face against her vulva, the whiskers both tickled and heightened the pleasure, feeling that tongue dragging over the roof of her passage and the sensitive clit poking out from its hood and the gentle nibbles and pulling on her outer petals sent her crashing over the edge. The powerful climax washed over her, and Leaf's face as she squirted and covered the feline in her sweet fluids.

Ember's thighs clamped hard around Leaf's head, keeping her muzzle pressed firmly against her flowing mound, her tongue and muzzle trying to keep up with the amount of juices gushing out but eventually had to come up for air.

Smacking Ember's leg, she seemed to snap to and looked down, quickly releasing her iron grip around Leaf as she popped up, gasping for air.

"Damn girl, that is some strong grip you have with your thighs!" Leaf gasped, her chest heaving.

Ember gave Leaf a sheepish, apologetic look, her own chest rising and falling as the afterglow started to set in from her intense orgasm.

"Aw it's okay Ember, that was your first climax huh?" She said, the red wolf's sheepish look confirming her suspicion. "Hey don't worry, you've had it rougher than I have. I'm glad I could make you feel good is all," Leaf smiled, crawling up to snuggle, gently fondling a breast and thumbing a nipple.

"Mmh you are so cute, makes me want to do all sorts of things with you, like-" she was cut off when Ember's blue eyes went wide and suddenly a low growl sounded behind them.

Rolling forward and Ember just scuttling away, they were in time for a black bear paw to slam down where they had just been.

"Shit, black bear! No way we can take it on, run Ember!" Leaf cried out with the frightened wolf not needing to be told twice.

With a bellow, the wild bear began its charge after them, moving with a speed that belayed its large, bulky nature. Leaf could easily climb a tree but then that would leave Ember to its mercy.

Ember in her fright made an error, diving for the hollow bough of a tree, only to find herself pinned as the bear roared and tried to claw her, missing her with wicked claws by an inch.

Knowing she had little time to spare, Leaf leapt onto the bear's back and tried to drive her dagger into his neck, only for the black bear to react quicker than she gave credit for as he roared as it flung her off into a tree, winding her.

Staring in horror as the black bear approached Leaf's stricken form, Ember's fright paralysis gave way to a flight of rage.

Unsheathing her dagger she flew at the bear, her lack of voice making her quiet and deadly as she lashed out, cutting into the bear's flank before rolling away from a retaliatory claw and helped the serval up.

Before they had a chance to embrace, the enraged bear was upon them, bellowing its fury as they sped off through a denser part of the forest, hoping to slow the animal down.

A sound caught Leaf's attention, her large ears twitching. "This way Ember, I have an idea!" She panted along with Ember's own laboured breathing.

They rushed towards where a low conversation could be heard, and then the smell of other felines had Ember's steps falter, only for Leaf to tug her along. "You just have to trust me!" she shouted at her before they emerged into a clearing and four startled claw members, with one being a handsome, muscular serval.

"Leaf, what are you doing with someone from the Fang clan?" His eyes narrowed, but was interrupted as the black form of the bear came barreling out into the clearing, beady eyes looking around as if caught unawares and sides heaving from the chase.

"Black bear!" He shouted out before the other three readied two spears and an axe.

With twin jabs at the bear and a warning swipe from the large axe, it reared back to avoid them before crashing down, sending them scattering before the male serval drew a bow back taught and fired an arrow into its shoulder.

With a scream of pain, it wheeled about and limped off in retreat, wounded but living to fight another day.

As the three picked themselves up, a bit bruised but otherwise okay, the large serval glared at his daughter.

"Vale, what is your daughter doing with that?" One of the felines, a muscular tiger, said to him as he held his axe, as though ready to chop Ember's head off.

Leaf's father, Vale, narrowed his eyes before asking them to leave him with his daughter. When one looked about to challenge him, he shot him a warning glare.

"Chief's going to hear about this," one grumbled before they turned to leave the clearing.

"Well," Vale said with a sigh, "I guess I can kiss goodbye to my warrior privileges for a while," he said, crossing his arms to look at a nervous wolf. "Leaf, explain," he said curtly.

She explained the run-in they had at the watering hole, how they met again and helped each other, leaving their sexual play out of the telling.

When asked about why Ember remained quiet, Leaf told him about the ungrateful feline that almost killed her and broke her voice.

"So what now? They will be on the look-out for you both. Not even my position as one of the clan's elite will spare you Leaf, and I am powerless to aid you," he said, a sad look in his eyes.

"Well...about that," Leaf said before looking up at the blue filtering through the dense foliage. "We hear there is a world outside of our own, one that is more accepting...would you know the way out of the forest?" Leaf said sheepishly.

Vale knelt down and looked sternly at her before his expression broke and pulled her in for a hug.

"You realise you will never see me again daughter," he said with a voice laced with emotion that belayed his tough exterior.

"I know that," Leaf said in a quiet tone, "but if we don't we will die here...we need a way to be free and be ourselves," her tone turning emotional before wrapping her arms about her father's shoulders.

Feeling a tap on his shoulder, Vale turned to meet Ember's piercing blue gaze. As he met her look, she needed no words to tell him she would look after her in the outside world.

"Well...I guess it is better to know you are alive and happy daughter, even if it means never seeing you again. Yes there is a way out. Once out you will be on your own for if I were to step outside I too would be outcast. But I am confident you will find your way," he paused to look at Ember, "the both of you."

Ember nodded at him, looking resolute as Leaf clung onto him, tears in her green eyes sparkling with a mixture of joy and sadness before with reluctance, she let him go.

"We must move quickly, before anyone else happens across us. Follow me," he said in a lower tone before taking off at a swift pace.

Ember and Leaf followed behind, just managing to keep up with all their senses on high alert.

Nothing too eventful happened thankfully, apart from a run-in with a Claw patrol who just exchanged a warriors greeting to Vale. Their noses twitched when they caught a whiff of Ember's scent but the cunning warrior just said he had a skirmish and saw two of the Fang clan off, which thankfully they bought.

Eventually the trees started to thin out and more daylight broke through the trees where Vale stopped.

"This is as far as I go, you won't run into anyone past this point. Just head straight and you should find your way out. From there it is up to you two," he said, trying to keep a stern expression but the shimmering of his hazel eyes hinted to his emotions.

"Dad, I'm...going to miss you," Leaf said, just barely keeping her own emotions in check. "If I had just kept myself to myself, I never would have been exiled," she said until Vale bent down to wrap his arms around her.

"No daughter, you and your friend have the right idea. One day there will be peace, but until then we have to fight and try looking for the right moment," he said before reaching around his neck to take his hunting necklace off. "Here, I want you to have this," he said, which she gingerly took. It sported all the teeth of his first kills before placing it around her neck, looking a little big and silly but held it to her body like a treasure.

"And I plucked this off the floor, to go with your red fur," Vale said as he reached behind his ear and plucked a green feather out of his hide bag, threading it through Ember's fur by her ear.

"Looks good on you," Leaf said, her voice choking up with emotions as she hugged her, the pair holding each other tightly before separating.

A determined look passed between them before hand in hand, they shot off towards the exit of the forest. Leaf didn't look back, she couldn't as her tears sparkled in the sunlight.

"Look after each other in this new world of yours," Vale said, staring at his daughter one last time before tearing his gaze away, his lithe body straining to put as much distance between himself and them as though to stay any longer would be too much to bear.

*

Epilogue, a year later...

The sound of a shower hissed, steam filling the bathroom inside the log cabin as a shapely red furred wolf stretched in contentment, her fur smelling of coconut before towelling the worst off and stepping underneath the drier.

Looking out at the setting sun with a slightly worried expression, she shrugged and tried to put her worries out of her mind, walking up to the bed stand where a tooth lined necklace lay next to an exotic green feather.

Wrapping a paw around the necklace, she hoped she was safe and would be back soon.

No sooner had she finished the thought when the door opened to a bedraggled looking Serval.

"I...HATE school trip days!" she said in a weary voice.

Ember smiled before opening a drawer up to what looked like a type of metal choker with a device strapped to it. Putting it around her neck, she made sure it was in position before pressing a button.

"Rough day huh?" came the electronic, female voice from a mini speaker.

"You could say that again," Leaf sighed and hugged Ember, the wolf playfully making a face at her sweaty, musky stink. "Oh come off it, besides, I know you enjoy it when I smell all...musky," Leaf said, her voice ending in a purr that had Ember blushing so bright Leaf swore she could see it even through her red fur. "Still, should probably shower off before we eat," she said, happily discarding her clothing and stepping through to the shower whilst Ember busied herself with preparing a meal for them.

The two had somehow landed on their feet after they left the forest. They wandered dirt roads and village streets for days until a police car came across them, mistaking them for tramps. After they were taken to a small station, Leaf managed to get across they were from Deep Forest, looking to escape death.

Leaf and Ember were given some rudimentary lessons in the local language and were told they weren't the first though it was very rare someone from the tribes decided to break away for modern life.

After that it was a crash course in learning about the world with the pair being overwhelmed to the point of breaking and wanting to run back for the forest. But they stuck it out and managed to apply their skills to modern life.

Leaf became a park ranger for one of the local wildlife parks, her skills earning her pride of place among the best whilst Ember managed to set up her own fruit business aptly named, "Wild Wolf Berries."

Then just two months ago, Ember finally got a voice modulator so she could talk once again. It was strange getting used to the lightweight device around her neck, but she was happy she at least could communicate with Leaf, even if by this point the feline knew what she wanted from her facial expressions.

Emerging from the steaming shower with her short coat fluffed up, Leaf sat down next to Ember, both in just their fur. They were forced to wear clothing outside but inside was their business.

"You okay Ember?" Leaf said, placing a hand on hers at the Wolf's far off look.

"I was just thinking, do you suppose they are still at each other's throats? The Claw and Fang tribes?" she said in a quiet electronic voice.

"I don't know..." Leaf sighed, "I hope every day that my father is doing alright and that they will make peace. But we are here, safe. If we died there it wouldn't have any more impact than if we left.."

Ember nodded but stayed mute, looking out of the darkened window. "I know you are concerned, even if they did you dirty. It shows what a good heart you have," Leaf said, brushing the side of Ember's muzzle which least caused a twitch of a smile. "Say, you've been cooped up way too long here with your greenhouses and too much time to think. What say we really get out in the world and go on holiday?"

"A holiday...going out in the world," Ember said, her electronic voice almost dreamy like. Not too long ago the two of them didn't know of a world outside of their forest and now a whole world awaited their adventure. "I would like that," she smiled, leaning in to lick Leaf on the muzzle before the smell of something starting to burn caught their attention.

Dashing up from the bed, Ember quickly donned a pair of oven gloves before pulling their roast out of the oven, seasoned with spices with some of her own stewed fruit on the side. "Mmh, and what say after we've eaten we dive into the main course? And I am not talking about food," Leaf growled, playfully running her tongue over her lips.

Ember nearly dropped the tray as a pleasurable shudder ran through her. It didn't matter how often she teased her, Leaf always had a sensual effect on her. "As if you need an answer?" she smiled, plating up before locking muzzles in a sensual kiss.