Luneshale Pass bite & blood

He dances around the subject and it admittedly leaves her wondering what he meant. She pictures a new home, one with him; somewhere in these southland deserts, or perhaps somewhere north; fanned with palms and nibbling at sweet-tang berries. It was awfully idealistic, even for her.
Akashingo gave her safety and serenity. But with the threat of pharaoh dangled over her head, the crushing fear that something terrible rested just over the horizon with claws splayed—
I'm always here for you, Khusobek, her smile twinkles. you're my favorite client, y'know?
A kiss, chaste and summery, to the cheek opposite the one she cradled. She knew now what she must do, even as she wished to drag him toward the rockcliffs and bloom beneath him. I'll see you around.
In search, now, for Rashepses; a swing to her hips as she disappears into the dark.