The freezing Antarctic draft swept across the desolate ice shelf, but Val barely felt the bite of the polar wind. Her vibrant yellow rockhopper crest feathers fluttered slightly in the gale as he stared across the intricately ice-sculpted table, completely and utterly captivated by the otter sitting opposite her.
It was Val’s birthday, and Steve had spent weeks meticulously planning this intimate, deeply romantic escape. Steve—a sleek, handsome river otter with a heart far larger than his c