Moonstone Quarry God looks on in abject apathy [m]

It would be easy enough to spend the day here, with her. Nobody cared where he went or what he did anymore; if anything the wolves of Moonglow would be content in seeing him gone. Kukutux had made her choice and Raimo could think of nothing he could do to reverse it, short of removing the obstacle that was Adrastus.

Somehow, even during the overwhelming ecstasy that he discovered among the nooks and crannies of this stranger's body, Raimo thought of this other woman, of these troubles he had hoped to be rid of. They plagued his mind.

As he came to one limit or another Raimo envisioned Kukutux beneath him. Sialuk, after that. Lote. The women he had seen in passing on the outskirts who were nameless, young, and attractive. They melded together until he only saw the shadow and only felt the shadow; but he would not let her leave, only adjust herself as he went again, again, again.