Herbalists' Cache An Escape

He smiled, happy to hear that all was supposedly well. She might feel a bit of discomfort the next day--especially if, no, when, they went for more rounds--but all in all, she looked happy.

And why shouldn't she? He'd rebuffed her advances a handful of times, and now had come crashing through the bush to stick himself on her like a burr. He knew it was her heat making him feel this way, so brutish and insatiable. He hadn't wanted this. Not now, at least.

Yet, in this moment, it was all that he'd ever wanted.

"I couldn't keep away," Shale said, drawing his tongue across her cheek in an affectionate caress. "I tried, but. . .guess you're just too irresistible." He cracked a grin. His eyes were hazy, speech slurred in the wake of his pleasure.