Ayame woke up to the sun shining on her face. She loved waking up to the sun especially on a nice day. Ayame sat up and stretched and walked out her cave to greet her pack. She smiled at her grandfather and sat next to him. Her grandfather cleared his throat and Ayame stared at her grandfather as he spoke her name, "Ayame, remember tonight is the night for your to meet the black wolf prince since Kouga won't accept you."

"I won't grandfather." Ayame assured and her grandfather smiled.

Ayame got up and went to the off springs to go bathe. She grabbed her special soap for her hair and her body. Ayame let her long red hair down from their usual style and stripped off her clothes and got in to the spring. Ayame soaped up her body and her hair and rinsed herself off. She walked out of the springs and wrapped herself up in her bath fur and headed to her cave where she will get pampered and dressed. Almost immediately as Ayame came back into her cave she surrounded by the females to help her get ready.

Ayame sat still as the females got to work on her hair and makeup. Ayame stood up so they can put on her kimono which showed off her tiny waist and nice set of breasts and round hips. She was actually excited to meet this prince. She heard that was he was really handsome and nicely built. Ayame watched as the females started curling her hair into long ringlets down her back. She pinned some of her hair up and had the rest flowing down her back on shoulders. By the time she was ready, the prince already arrived. She can hear the music playing and the celebration starting as the prince was settling in. After Ayame waited for 15 minutes, she heard the signal for her to come out and join the celebration.

Everybody was sitting down at the table waiting for the princess to show up. As soon as Ayame walked out the cave she felt all eyes on her and she smiled at her pack. Just then she spotted the wolf prince and her heart nearly stopped, he was drop dead gorgeous. He had dark brown hair with intense green eyes that made Ayame's own eyes look dull. Ayame couldn't stop staring at him as he couldn't stop staring at Ayame either. Ayame sat down at the opposite end of the table facing Kyo. Ayame finally broke contract with him as she heard her grandfather speaking.

"We're so gracious to have Kyo, the prince of the black wolf, and his pack to come and visit with their brother tribe. Now we celebrate; everybody dig in!" He announced and everybody started eating. Conversation broke out all around the table and afterwards everybody surrounded the fire and danced.

Kyo walked over to Ayame and asked her for her hand to dance. Ayame almost fainted but she quickly recovered and placed her tiny hand into his and was surprise how her hand fitted into his rather large hands. He took her near the fire and they started to do a dance that involved leaps, twirls and complicated steps. The music slowed down to a slow tempo and Kyo placed his hands on Ayame's slender body and pulled her close causing Ayame to blush. "You're a good dancer" Ayame said trying to start a conversation.

"You're not so bad either" Kyo replied with a wolfish grin on his face. Ayame rested her head on his shoulder and they swayed to the music and occasionally he twirled her. As the music started to change to an upbeat, Kyo leaned down and whispered into Ayame's ear, "Do you want to just talk?" Ayame nodded her head. Ayame lead Kyo near the lake where the moon shined on the surface and sat down on the rocks that decorated the shore.

"Ayame, I think you're really beautiful and I wanted to know if I could court you? I would really like to get to know you better. So what do you say?" Ayame stared at Kyo and blushed.

"I would really like to get to know you too" replied Ayame as she stepped into Kyo's embrace.

Kyo pressed his forehead to Ayame's and whispered, "Do you want to meet up tomorrow?" Ayame nodded afraid to talk just in case her voice was shaking. Kyo grabbed Ayame's hand and together back they walked back to the den.

Everybody was staring at Ayame and Kyo as they made their way back. Kyo stopped outside Ayame's den and said goodnight after giving her a hug. Ayame walked into her cave thinking about Kyo and how lucky she is to find a guy who is cute and won't treat her like dirt like a certain wolf demon that she vowed she wouldn't talk about. Ayame thought about his green eyes and dark brown hair and his body. He had nice arm muscles and legs muscles. She can only picture what his abs look like, and couldn't help but think 'he is probably just as toned as Kouga'. Ayame waited until the females wolves were done undressing her and laid down into her bed. Ayame was so excited she couldn't sleep but as soon closed her eyes she was already in a deep slumber.

Ayame woke up and brushed her hair and got dressed quickly. She stepped out of her cave and walked to the guest caves and stopped by Kyo's cave wondering if she should wake him up but then a figure made its way out of the cave and Kyo was standing in front of Ayame. "Morning Kyo" smiled Ayame.

"Morning princess," replied Kyo, "shall we go?"

"We shall" replied Ayame while she grabbed his arm and together they walked out into the forest.

"Do you like it over here?" asked Ayame as she stared curiously at Kyo.

"Yeah I mean it's different from the other side of the mountains. But it's beautiful." He commented and Ayame smiled. "Ayame, I have to leave for a couple of weeks but I will be back but I do want to make a promise…"

Ayame smiled nervously the last time a wolf demon gave her a promise he couldn't keep it. "I don't want to hear any promises, okay?" replied Ayame softly as she was reminded of her broken heart from Kouga.

"Okay but when I come back we will finish where we left off okay?" asked Kyo. Ayame nodded she liked Kyo. He respected her and treated her as a lady and not a child. Kyo took Ayame's hand and brought it to his lips and kissed it. Ayame blushed, "Until then princess" and with that he left with his pack back into his lands.