Two Eyes Cenote [m] when i bend to your whim

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they existed in a limbo, he and she.

permission all but granted; he still had not asked the fellahin to be his wife, wanting truly to find the words. they might only find rooms together and thus begin their marriage; she deserved more than this. a ceremony. a commitment of heart.

but the starshine brought her to him; he stood dry-mouthed in the corridor down which he had been searching, and watched inji scintillate beneath his eyes.

he knew, and he knew; he drew forward on trembling step and wound her close to his galloping heart with a sharp exhale.