Ravensblood Forest brief encounters

She snaked towards him quite suddenly and, with a nudge to his dark chin, began to lick at his face. This didn't help the situation very much, aside from completely petrifying Tiarnan; his eyes widened briefly although only the meagre shine could be seen, and his tail curled against his hocks. It wasn't until she was lavishing affection upon him that Tiarnan truly realized those adult connotations. His thoughts meandered to dark and lusty places, most of which ended with the boy envisioning Khatera's face - the woman who had riled his spirits previously, and then outright abandoned him. There was a neediness in the boy that overruled his awkward apprehension. This fuelled him now as he reached for Bazi, simultaneously avoiding any further warmth from her tongue and wrapping around her in an embrace; he twined his dark self between the shadows and the ghost.