Larksong Grotto Living in a glass house

the natural locking was uncomfortable, and irritated vuk, but this was smoothed by the expression upon reek's face, the glow of their union and his loving words. how could she tell him now that she was not his, when she had given herself over to his possession, to the hungers of their bodies. she returned his kiss, leaning into the strength of his body, and waited for them to be parted, for them to separate so that she could take some silent time along for herself and breathe in the scent of their pairing before she washed it away and returned to her mate and her son. 

reek. she could love him, vuk knew, but terich also held her heart, and she was unsure of what to do.