Redsand Canyon I never stay in one place too long

He was stiff and so entirely unlike either of the men she'd danced around before. Maybe that's why she gave him this chance. Or maybe she was just tired of spinning in place.

She would find the place, but she liked that he chose the forest. Either he happened to share her taste or he'd been paying more attention than she realized. She had nothing but his word now to tie them together, but it was somehow more than she'd had with anyone else.

Tonight, then. She stood, then paused as he reached out and delivered a kiss with a surprising amount of hesitance. It was almost cute. Fennec returned the favor by pressing her forehead, almost catlike, to his flank. I'll meet you then, husband.

He wasn't what she expected and she knew he had no idea who she was - or what he was getting. Still, she felt a bit lighter too, and for the first time in a long time, she didn't dread that night. It was something.