Moonspear So tell me how to do it; tell me how to love like that.

He faltered, sank, and Sialuk once again saw his spirit clouded. But she did not want him to feel so!

Glaukos, she said, her voice low and sweet, you do not upset me. Sialuk wished to assure him as much, and she lifted his muzzle with the bridge of her nose. But I wish for you to keep honor. Make good with this general, so that he does not seek you out. So that he does not think unkindly of my—our?—village.

She grinned, pulling away from him. If you upset me, you would have scars across your face! Sialuk flashed her teeth in a facetious snarl and reared up, still dwarfed by his enormous stature.