Rising Sun Valley Jalan Qoyi [M]

When Zhavvi withdrew from the creek, Lavakho followed behind her without much of a second thought.  After dragging himself out of the water and back to dry land, he shook his pelt dry, intentionally showering his niece with a cascade of water droplets in a playful manner.  He dropped to the ground and rolled with laughter.  Few would ever see this unguarded side of the gentle warrior, who only dropped his tough-guy charade around trusted family.

"Vur svabol ornla Rakharo yenta zahae batobot?" He asked in jest as he rolled onto his back to stare up at her. Surely his brother would not take kindly to his only daughter courting ever male she met.  That would only be a recipe for disaster. To say that Zhavvi was jail-bait would be a blatant understatement. No, she was execution-bait.