for your sake

She cursed herself silently but emphatically, biting back the renouncement of her words though she ached to take them back.  No.  She could not last on her own, not again.  And Scimitar would cast her out without a thought, violently even perhaps, should she agree to what Bazi had asked. Danica was no fool, and she knew what she meant to the white woman she lay near now. A friend, even close, but not her mate. Not the father of her children.

Regretfully, she allowed the silence to continue, her hopes on that matter finally cast aside. Desire was a hard creature to turn, but Danica remained firmly rooted in her thoughts, convinced to do things right this time. And banging a mated woman? Not in that realm of possibilities.

Damn it all.

Still, a part of her glowed sadly, flattered by the insinuation that she could no longer act on. That Bazi even considered it was unthinkable before and spoke of attraction that was rather high praise from the object of her affections. "Well, if things ever change... You know where to find me." For now, she thought silently, giving Bazi a wink that she wasn't sure the other woman saw. Her words were teasing, but also true. Eventually she would move on, perhaps, but for now... well, here she was.