Moonsong Glacier akiaguk ¤ {m}

It would be hard work, no doubt. Kilgitsuk wondered if Kukutux and Aiolos would accept him as son-in-law, or sooner drive him from the mountain! It was a problem for another day; now, here in the ice caves, he could forget his worries and find contentment with Ariadne, and life would be made simpler.

She spared him kisses, she teased at his fur, and he returned some of the physicality - mindful of her injury - and when Ariadne made her deepest wish known to him, he did not respond with words. It was easier now to let his body do the talking.

Kilgitsuk prided himself with being strong, adept in combat and in hunting, and rough when he needed to be. Such skills came to him easily enough as the attraction between them flared; he had been careful at first, soft and forgiving, giving Ariadne plenty of opportunity to change her mind between arrays of kisses; but then when he could not take the teasing any longer between them, he pressed her roughly against her altar to do as she desired.