Rising Sun Valley Jalan Qoyi [M]

"Vur zyak re wux," he mused lightly, sprawled out on the ground with eyes still closed.  His heavy breathing had begun to slow into a tired rhythm, his chest moved up and down with each deep breath.  When he felt her slight lick on the side of his cheek, the corners of his mouth twisted into a dopey grin.  Life had suddenly become so much more complicated, but the warrior felt a true happiness that he hadn't experienced in a long time.  Not since before the war.  She made him feel like a child once more.

Lavakho opened one eye to watch her as she walked away.  He grinned from ear to ear for as long as she was still in sight.  As she faded away into the night and out of his frame of vision, Lavakho sunk into the grass for the rest of the night.  Would he dream? No doubt it would be of her.