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She was trembling. He had to assume that was a good sign.

Kigipigak had never been in this sort of situation before; he didn't count Valmua or his dealings with her to be anything like this, considering the firebrand woman had tricked and used him. He believed that Sakhmet was different and that she would never manipulate him in the same manner. Her desires were more genuine and she offered herself wholly, but cautiously, to everything.

How about a small tour, then...? It would give them time to acclimate to one-another in this place, to get to know it, and perhaps find their own secret hideaway. Kigipigak wondered what she meant by the wall and if it could be climbed; he wondered if the river was winding and choppy or sluggish and rich with fish to catch; there was time to see all of it, of course.

He wondered what she would show him first.