Dove looked up at Huck when the man moved a little closer. He is going to kiss me again, she thought to herself as he ran his thumb lightly over the top of her hand and gazed into her eyes.

But then Virgil hopped down and started nosing around which made Dove chuckle. "Of course I don't mind," she assured, knowing that the groundskeeper wouldn't be in the woods at this time of day anyway. And besides, even if he were to come across Virgil, he was likely to assume the creature to be one of Dove's - and would obviously be more concerned about Arvens presence than that of a ferret.

"I thought it would feel too strange to have someone else here with me," she confessed as she moved to her own saddle bag to pull out an apple for Jupiter to eat before pulling out another and offering it to Huck for his own horse. "But it doesn't feel that way at all."