Sky Mesa daylight stars

“You are bold to return,” he spoke from where he waited in the shade, grinning like a lion, lips set in a beguiling curl to present the apex of his teeth, starkly white over obsidian fur. He allowed his eyes to rove broadly over her svelte form as she drank from the pool. Perhaps she wanted to be bold, and the oppressive heat invoked a thirst for amusement in her as it did him.