Blacktail Deer Plateau wisteria; growing [m]

this new heat beneath his flesh; it perplexed and titillated merrick. his nightshade regarded him with an expression he had not seen upon her cold features before, and he answered by circling ‘round to her flank, gliding there with slender muzzle to seek her scent.
absolution sought a priest; perhaps that would be ensconced in him, as merrick gave himself truly over to the coursing in his blood, allowing instinct to guide him now, to dictate his stepping-behind and the low sound of his quest for her invitation to continue.