Sly Fox Sand Dunes There's things that I have done you never should ever know

Zoug came to her first. Candle greeted him with a series of her own high, excited yips, whipping around to dart to him and cover his face in quick playful kisses. At first it seemed as if they would be alone in their play, dancing among the sands together without a single other soul in sight.

Then she saw Talisman.

He carried food with him, but that was secondary to the joy Candle felt at the simple fact of his return. Zoug, look! Her eyes were bright on her mate. Talis! She nudged him in invitation and set off toward the man, still quite unaware of the effects of her season; unaware of its existence entirely.