Porcupine Ridge [M] All My Loving

Even now he had a hard time differentiating between Rhaella and Vespera. Their appearance, mannerisms and names were just similar enough to keep that vision alive. Despite his best efforts to keep his mind from wandering to such thoughts... it plagued him regardless. She was so young, so beautiful, untouched by a man by the way she acted and seemed naive to the truths behind this season. What if he could be that man, the thought both excited him and sickened him at the same time. 

The innocence in her gaze was tantalizing, haunting in those violet eyes that swirled and stared at him. Despite the disfigurement, she continued to gaze at him with a desire for knowledge... remembering his previous rejection, his gaze shifted away from her for the following words the knight would utter. It's... It's when you're ready to bear children. She had to know how that worked by now, didn't she? It's normal, you are now a woman, every year until you are no longer able to receive a man's seed and create life from it. Even with his gaze averted, that smell of hers haunted him still. Luring him in.

Clawing at the ground, he was determined to stand in place.