Two Eyes Cenote [cp] [m] hunger of the pine,

His wasn’t, enclosed in the hunger that lingered wherever her blond tail traced. He caught it’s tip between his teeth and leaned forward to kiss her hip, a flaring suggestion slitting the eyes that found her mouth. All down the hall he teased her until they slipped into his chamber.

He drew Toula to the edge of his bed where the fellahin had displayed the riches he requested; the lustrous hide of a melanistic wildcat with faint rosettes, and a necklace of bone embellished in dried ultramarine lotus flowers. Offerings of luxury and status for his new bride.

“The mazoi slayed her,” Rashepses spoke only after a moment’s pause, “and the usekh was fashioned by my brother’s savants in Ta-senet.” He stepped then to the side of the bed so he could watch his betrothed's expression as she examined her gifts.