Ashley rubbed the soap she made from grass and herbs over her body. She gladly dipped into the water to wash it all off. Shadow slept lazily in the sun with the older dog by her side. This water hole was a nice spot to bathe in,especially since all the animals and people stopped coming here after the rumors of a monster eating everything and anbody. Well,half of that was true. Ashley would eat anything and anybody if she was hungry enough. Lately she’d been starving. She was planning on leaving this particular part of the forest. It was way to isolated. Besides,her cousin Charlie was starting to come around again. Ashley’s father was Charlie’s Mother’s sister. When her dad died,Charlie really helped in the healing process,which was one of the main reasons she was a blob back in her day. Food was comforting,and Charlie was and still is the best huntress to ever walk the Rougarian mountains since Great Grandaddy Blaze. A sudden sound of flapping wings came to her ears.

Ashley:"…Great. Here she comes."

Charlie dropped Paula to the ground.

Ashley:"Charlie,what brins you around here?"

Charlie:"Just bringin my favorite cousin some nice healthy breakfast."

Ashley got out of the water and covered herself up with her wings. She lightly touched Paula with her claw.

Ashley:"She still breathes."

Charlie:"Then kill her."

Ashley:"It wouldn’t be fair. I don’t want her."

Charlie:"Life isn’t fair Ashley. Your starving,I know you are."

Ashley:"I’m not going to kill her while she has her eyes closed. It’s cowardly."

Charlie:"…Ashley your such a wimp."

Ashley:"I don’t care,take her back."

Charlie:"You take her back."

Ashley:"Fine where did you get her?"

Charlie:"Where we were born."

Ashley:"…Someone lives there now?"

Charlie nodded her head down at Paula.

Charlie:"She and her family."

Ashley:"I’ll take her back later. Right now I have to find some clothes."

Charlie:"So soon? I just got here."

Ashley felt a hard tail wrap around her waist. She sighed and opened up her wings.

Ashley:"My cousin,it would be wrong."

Charlie:"Your point?"

Ashley:"Charlie,the love we share is family love. Not romantic love."

Charlie:"*chuckle* Love? What is this love you always talk about? We live on the flesh of humans. We don’t need love Ashley. We have bodies of destruction,intelligence,and-"

Ashley:"No heart….Don’t you ever wonder? What it could be like to have a mate just for love? Not just to bed them and have children?"

Charlie:"…You speak nonsense women."

Ashley:"Do I really? Or is it you?"

Charlie pulled Ashley closer to her. Ashley’s bare body shivered against Charlie’s cold hard physique.