Moonspear [m] fear, itself

Pualulik, she purred in return. The debtor had come to her ulaq, and she looked him over as hungrily as he had looked at her. Since the moment he had laid eyes upon her, Sialuk knew what Chakliux yearned for. The fates had brought them together when he was weak and hurt. Now his body was strong, and Sialuk saw it in a new light. Two deep marks along his muzzle, the eyes that had followed her for so long.

You come to pay a debt, she said. Nasamik and her boy had parted the spear for Moontide, but Chakliux dutifully stayed behind, holding up his end of the deal. Sialuk moved to close the distance between them. Show me how a seal hunter gives pleasure to women, she whispered into his ear.