Maria pulled closed the front of her cloak and shook Shadow some more. She soon realized he was just asleep now, probably exhausted from whatever he had fought with last night, breathing slowly and calmly. She gave a sigh of relief and slowly wiggled free of his arm around her and stood up on the cabin floor, holding her cloak against herself. She stumbled a moment and found her cloths and got herself changed.
As she did a large form rose up behind her. By the time she noticed she was sweep up off her feet by Shadow, before he fell back into a sitting position with both his arms wrapped tightly around Maria. Nuzzling his head against her and repeated her name repeatedly in a choked up voice.
She could feel him trembling a bit as she was encased in the hug as he finally calmed down and rested his head on the back of her shoulder, still trembling.