Larksong Grotto the sun dog

vuk could not answer terich when he spoke, his voice a throated whisper -- in response she nudged beneath his muzzle and leant into him, raising herself up restlessly to circle 'round and pass her slim pale body along the agouti of his own. she wanted him, with all the desperation reek had planted in her veins --- here was her mate, the man who loved her; why should he not take her now? and why should she hold herself from him? reek; his name was upon her heartstrings but it was terich who filled her mind and her eyes.