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

among the clan, your wife was your wife. your husband was your husband. sharing was not often done, unless a hunting party had been gone a long while. a man then might politely ask his wife to entertain one or another of the restless unmarried hunters.

but zoug would not ask for such things, and as candle approached the returned talisman, his anger rose.

anger at the disappearance of the younger coyote despite all the lessons which had been given, irritation at candle dancing so close.

but these reactions were only instinctual, zoug realized. he did not move to stop candle, his single eye moving once over talisman. the other had said he would be going. zoug had no right to be angry, and so added a nod of recognition and welcome.

this was not clan land. a clan place. s'ari and koa and candle might choose both males now. in the manner of a man grabbing his spears, zoug took himself from the ravine and out into the sand on the appearance of a hunt.