Heron Lake Plateau eye of wrath

it was not a man of this land who found her; it was khalba, the subservient creature who had followed herself and her sister from surrendar. eshamun turned to look at him, to eye him with the disdain bred into her bones for males, tempered with the want of her body. the suddenness of it shocked her, as did the fact that she felt her legs carry him toward her.

"ar-khalba, under the law of molech i choose you," eshamun murmured, noticing not for the first time the alert handsomeness of his features. "lay with me until i am with child." a dark humour pulled at her lips; she grinned, her eyes lighting. "and then lie with arunik'ra."