Lion Head Mesa forty-first

he nodded, perhaps too eagerly. "the queen now has in her court a man named haizel, a giant of a wolf, but so devoted to flowers. you would have your own spaces, of course, but you would not be alone in that passion."

his heart ached! it roiled.

his breath caught; it burned.

"would you like that, nazli, to be a sesh? tell me; i will make it so at once." anything, anything to please her, to comfort her. to elate.

to repay.