[IC] Bunnies & Beasts

[Donut Look Now]

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Willow Estelle Kinsley

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Location: Petal Bakery - Denver, CO
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Grant grins when he sees the canines in Rowan’s smile before sliding the photo back. “You keep it, just in case she turns up. The Beowulfs will handsomely reward anyone who helps bring their Jewel back.” He tilts his head in a small nod and turns to head for the door. “My info’s on the back of the picture.” He calls over his shoulder before leaving and heading to the next building.

Willow stays frozen, her hands still clamped over her mouth even after hearing the Beowulf’s hunter leave the shop.

[Visyn]

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Rowan Kimb

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Location: Petal Bakery, Denver CO

Currently: teaching/Baking

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The wolf waited for the other wolf to be out of sight before he turned and ushered her into the back. He gave a soft sigh of relief, hands on her shoulders as they looked face to face. He then finally looked to her, and stood. "Still have a few hours left for the shop, then we'll go back.. and you'll want to explain things for me, little one." He brushed his fingers against her cheek before moving back into the front and pocketing the picture.

[Donut Look Now]

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Willow Estelle Kinsley

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Location: Petal Bakery - Denver, CO
Currently: Cleaning

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Willow still trembles after everything, both her heart and her mind racing until she’s able to focus her attention on the man in front of her. Her wide eyes take in his face, looking for any hint that he’ll just turn her in to Grant. She flinches when he moves to brush his fingers against her cheek without meaning to, forgetting that he’s done nothing to suggest he’ll hurt her. “I-I’m sorry.” She whispers before Rowan heads into the front again.

Willow can’t stay still for the next few hours and starts washing everything she can to help pass the time, figuring the worst case scenario for the dishes is that they’ll just get dirty and have to be washed again.

[Visyn]

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Rowan Kimb

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Location: Petal Bakery, Denver CO

Currently: teaching/Baking

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There was a soft chuckle behind her. "I already told you, you didn't have to start yet.." He set all the trays down next to her on top of all the others. It was thankfully another good day and he sold out again. He then moved behind her and leaned over, taking the bowl from her and scrubbing it himself, just standing behind her and hovering.

[Donut Look Now]

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Willow Estelle Kinsley

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Location: Petal Bakery - Denver, CO
Currently: Cleaning

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Willow shakes her head, not looking up from her task. She’d gotten most of the place to practically sparkle in Rowan’s absence. “I didn’t want to just sit around waiting.” She doesn’t expect him to move behind her and take the dish away. “H-hey!” She tries to steal the bowl back. “Why are you so against me helping you?”

[Visyn]

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Rowan Kimb

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Location: Petal Bakery, Denver CO

Currently: teaching/Baking

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"I already told you at the house, I don't need help, and I told you that we would wait so I know exactly what needed to be cleaned." He set the bowl in the connected sink and started on the next one they were standing at. He was quick, scrubbing purposefully and quickly then put it with the other.

[Donut Look Now]

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Willow Estelle Kinsley

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Location: Petal Bakery - Denver, CO
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Willow stops trying to take the dishes back from him and frowns. “You took care of me all of yesterday… Fed me and gave me water… You even put clothes on me and let me sleep in a bed after finding out I wasn’t just some wild bunny...” She takes a deep breath before leaning her head back so she can look up at Rowan. “You even protected me from Grant! I just want to repay your kindness somehow…”

[Visyn]

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Rowan Kimb

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Location: Petal Bakery, Denver CO

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Rowan looked down at her, and gave a soft chuckle. "You can repay me by staying healthy and out of sight. I still need to figure out what I'm going to do with you when I have to leave." He leaned forward a little and went back to scrubbing. "If you need help, then I can take you somewhere that's like.. a private sanctuary, but I need to know if you want that."

A frown pulled at his lips. "I'm also a wolf and I don't want to cause unnecessary stress to you.." He glanced to her then back to what he was doing. "I'll make a few calls anyway and see what I can do.."

[Donut Look Now]

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Willow Estelle Kinsley

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Location: Petal Bakery - Denver, CO
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Willow bites her lip as she digests what Rowan’s saying and think it over. She then catches his frown when he mentions that he’s a wolf and she’s half tempted to reach up and fix it with a thought of He looks better with a smile. She stops herself in time as she blushes and looks down.

“Y-you don’t cause me stress right now…” She says softly, her eyes on the floor. Yes, she’d originally panicked when she first saw his ears, but her trust in him is growing fast, especially with how he hid her from Grant.

Willow perks her head back up to look at Rowan, remembering a detail he said. “Wait, why are you leaving?” She asks, brow crinkling in confusion. “Don’t you have to run your shop here?”

[Visyn]

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Rowan Kimb

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Location: Petal Bakery, Denver CO

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"This is just my personal bakery. I come every half a year to open it for a month, then I head back to the main city.." He glanced to her, scrubbing away as he talked. He took a pan now that the bowls were all done. "I own the Petal Bread chains. The Floral bakery shops.. This is just a small homely shop I first started when I wanted to take baking seriously. I know all of the people in town and they know I open rarely.."

He set the pan aside, grabbing another. "As for you.. It's up to you what you want. I only have a couple more weeks here, but I don't mind dropping you off at a sanctuary on the way back to the city. It's one I trust explicitly so you'd be protected."

[Donut Look Now]

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Willow Estelle Kinsley

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Location: Petal Bakery - Denver, CO
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Willow keeps her gaze on Rowan as he talks, her eyes widening at the fact that he doesn’t just own this specific bakery, but an entire chain. Nibbling on her lip, she considers his offer to take her to a sanctuary where she’ll be safe before she nods. “Is it okay? For me to stay with you until you leave? That way you don’t have to go out of your way to get me there…” Her eyes wander away from Rowan as she sorts through the questions rattling around in her mind.

“What’s the sanctuary like? Are there other rabbits there? And how do they keep it safe? How would they keep me from just getting dragged back?” Nervously, she wrings her fingers as she starts to shake at the thought of Grant or one of the other Beowulf trackers showing up and putting everyone else in jeopardy there.

[Visyn]

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Rowan Kimb

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Location: Petal Bakery, Denver CO

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He pauses, looking to her again. "Do.. I.." He clenched his jaw gently, clearing his throat. "Would you like me to scent you? I don't know if you like my scent, but maybe it will help you calm down?" He offered a small smile to her, shifting the slightest bit behind her as he grabbed another pan to scrub.

"As for staying. I was planning on having you stay here anyway. I don't leave the house or the bakery unless I need groceries or ingredients. I'll probably only make one trip in the next few weeks and you are not obligated to come with me to do it."

[Donut Look Now]

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Willow Estelle Kinsley

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Location: Petal Bakery - Denver, CO
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Willow glances up at Rowan when he starts to speak, catching that his jaw clenched briefly, before tilting her head at his question. She barely pays attention to what he says next as she tries to figure out what he meant by ‘scenting’ her. “What does that mean? To… ‘scent’ me?” She asks, almost cutting Rowan off. She knows enough from being a captive of wolves that there are certain scents that wolves could have, but never once had anyone explained what ‘scenting’ was.

[Visyn]

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Rowan Kimb

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Location: Petal Bakery, Denver CO

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Rowan gives a soft hum, looking to Willow for a moment before going back to scrubbing a pan. "Scenting is a release of pheromones. Typically it is done to help someone who is distraught to calm down. Like if I scent you right now, you'll be able to smell my scent stronger, since I'll purposely be pumping it out, but it'll carry the fact that I'm calm into the pheromones."

He frowned a little. "Usually though, more aggressive alphas will scent rooms or spaces purposefully and use their anger as a way to make susceptible omegas and alphas to comply. You probably smelled more of those than you did anything else if you're escaping from the Beowolves."

[Donut Look Now]

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Willow Estelle Kinsley

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Location: Petal Bakery - Denver, CO
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Willow’s brow crinkles in thought - was that how they’d been able to keep her and her family in line? Is that how she was able to escape? Because being kidnapped got her out of Beowulf’s ‘scenting’? Her shaking returns and she blinks rapidly before looking up at Rowan. It would be nice not to be so jumpy and not feel like her heart is going to burst out of her chest at any given moment. “I think I would like that…” She says softly with warm cheeks.

“You smell nice anyway.” Willow wiggles her nose, noticing that by trapping her between his arms, she could smell that lavender bread scent almost as clearly as she had this morning. Her blush deepens when she remembers exactly how she had ended up in his room.

[Visyn]

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Rowan Kimb

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Location: Petal Bakery, Denver CO

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As he talked, he gently released more pheromones. They smelled lovely, lavender bread almost sweeter because they held how calm he was. "The sanctuary is in the mountains. It's not known in the public world and only certain individuals can go there personally. I.. guess you could say I technically built it for anyone who was in need of someplace to hide away; especially from discrimination."

He glanced to her, scenting a little more and then letting it settle, not wanting to over scent her. "Since it's technically private, it has private security and everyone there carries scent patches, and there's scent blockers everywhere. There is heat or rut rooms, and only pairs may experience them together, otherwise you get stimulants to help you through a heat. The staff are very nice and even the residents are friendly. It's a very nice place."

[Donut Look Now]

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Willow Estelle Kinsley

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Location: Petal Bakery - Denver, CO
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Willow start to feel like she can breathe for the first time in the last couple of days, relaxing slowly as Rowan talks. She’s still unable to take her eyes off of him as he describes the sanctuary and even admits that he’d been the one to make it. Unconsciously, she leans back into him, her head beginning to rest against his chest.

“You’re - I mean, that’s amazing… Genuinely.” She says in awe of him. “It sounds almost too good to be true.” Willow admits, cracking a small smile. “Are there a lot of people there, do you know?”

[Visyn]

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Rowan Kimb

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Location: Petal Bakery, Denver CO

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He shook his head lightly. "Not a lot of people. I've sanctioned a bunch of them in different areas. They don't exceed.. thirty residents? Something like that." He offered her a small smile when she rested against him. He leaned down, using his chin to ruffles her hair between her ears and then stood straight. He scrubbed the last pan and then lifted his hands and arms in the air to stretch with a groan.

"Okay, now we have to clean the back and clean the front and we can leave." He dried his hands, holding her so he could gently pull away without her tipping over. He then moved to the break room and grabbed more cleaning supplies from the closet in there. "I'll clean the front. Just wipe the counters down and slide the pan in the cooling racks to dry, then tip the bowls over and put them on the hooks above the sink."

[Donut Look Now]

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Willow Estelle Kinsley

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Location: Petal Bakery - Denver, CO
Currently: Cleaning

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Willow’s hands shoot up almost immediately when Rowan ruffles her hair again without even using his own hands. She looks up as on as he pulls away and shoots a pout in his direction. When he walks away, she leans in a way that allows her to watch where he’s going. At his directions for cleaning, she gives him a mock salute with a nod.

“And then I’m making you dinner to make up for eating most of your lunch.” She says as she grabs a cloth and gets started on wiping down the counters. “What do you like to eat?” She calls out, assuming he probably already headed into the front.

[Visyn]

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Rowan Kimb

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Location: Petal Bakery, Denver CO

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"Mmm. Usually meat is good, but I can really eat anything. I'm not picky." He shrugged to himself as he wiped down the counters in the front and then moving further into the front to wipe the tables. It didn't take him too long, so he was already coming into the back. "You don't have to cook though. I'm perfectly capable."

He put his supplies away and grabbed the vacuum for the back. He turned it on and started using it all around.