"NO! It doesn't matter!" Matilda waved her arm, "Kick him away!" She pointed at her father, "I'm not going back."
Matilda's father stared between her and Arad, stopping at him. "Did she find a mate?"
"No." Arad replied… "We're just classmates."
"She ran out of home, for years she kept failing hunts one after another and never managed to find a spot in the clan. I've finally found her a mate and a home to live in, she doesn't need to keep running away." Matilda's father stood and looked at Arad with glowing eyes, "She ran to find a mate, but I've found her one first."
"That wasn't a race! And who's the fool you're talking about?" Matilda growled, "I know better than anyone that any tiger marrying me is a fool." She pointed at her father, her tail spiking out.
"That's a YOU problem…" Her father sighed, and she admitted it herself. "Why don't you want to come back."
