Renna sat with her blanket around her in the big doorway enjoying the spring sun and waiting. He had asked her to wait in human form to conserve energy, but the beast was restless to be out. Soon, she told her over and over again.

Renna felt like she had been just born - the world was full of wonder. Then she realized it was her beast that was seeing the world for the first time and what she felt they shared at a level below words. She may be a giant beast, but she was also a newborn and needed protection.

Renna was so very happy they weren’t alone and so was the beast. Renna could feel her approving sentiment towards the male she had only seen for a moment before he flew away and did not know yet. It reminded her very much the way she had looked at Arion last summer - attractive, but still a stranger.

Her wait was not too long. Arion’s beast returned carrying half a dozen juicy deer bucks. He laid them on the ground near the edge of the ledge and flew away to watch from a nearby peak. Renna had not really perceived the dragon's hunger before, but now at the sight of food it became overwhelming. The beast wanted out now. She let her come forth and the dark blue beast rushed to its meal.

She gobbled down three whole bucks before the hunger was no longer painfully strong and she could look around. She could perceive another hunger, not hers. The male sitting at a nearby peak was hungry too… She looked at the remaining food thoughtfully. The male had fed her first… there was enough for two. She backed away from the food to make room for him to come feast too. She had to back half her body into the great hall to make enough space. She called for the male… It sounded like a loud longing song. Renna was surprised. She had never heard Arion’s beast make a sound. She didn’t even know they could.

The red dragon approached, extracted a buck from the pile, laid it down carefully between them and gently roasted it from both sides until a wonderful smell of cooked meat was emanating from it. The female was drooling at the scent… This was a skilled male. With slight disappointment she watched the male consume the delicious smelling carcass and resume preparing the remaining two bucks. She still felt the slight twinge of hunger, but … she was not rude enough to take back what she had already given away.

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The male had noticed however. He wolfed down the smaller of the two deliciously cooked bucks, picked up the remaining one in its jaws and came over to her offering her to take a bite from his mouth. The beast considered for a moment to refuse the pushy male, but it was smelling heavenly… and she definitely wanted to taste it. This male had hunted for her… It was maybe only fair to amuse him a little.

She carefully took a bite. It was much better than raw! The male was pleased. He placed the whole remaining buck at her feet and backed away. He felt rather full with two and the female seemed to appreciate one more.

Instead of hogging it down she ate this one slowly, trying to savor the taste. The male watched with satisfaction. When she finished, she felt… sleepy. She turned around at the door and headed in. On the floor of the left side of the room, there was the male’s hoard. It was beautiful and rich and gleaming. She felt bad for not having anything at all. She turned to the empty floor on the other side of the hall and tried to make herself comfortable.

The male entered, looked at her thoughtfully and then went to work spreading its hoard. Finally he found a tiny gilded carpet and put it down in the middle of it and turned to her as if expecting something. The beast was confused. Renna however in the back of her mind knew what this was about - he had not slept alone for a while and was not going to start now. She nudged the beast forward trying to feel what the male was expecting. Hesitantly she got up and went to his side of the room. The male nuzzled her affectionately trying to nudge her to the center of his now much thinner, but wider pile of gold. She wasn’t having it. He would not fit, if she occupied the center. So she circled him a few times and then laid down leaving just about male sized gap in the middle.

The male decided to accept it and curled up in there. Soon there were two snoring beasts.