Ocean's Breath Plateau [m] seventy-fifth

fluidity. passion, for the gods she knew and those she did not.

the spellwork was unbroken by her golden laughter; it was enhanced; it settled around senmut as if it were a marriage-tent, and his heart beat out wild patterns upon the inside of his ribs.

her eyes were Ra-light caught in a moonless sea; she transfixed him and he let the song at last find its end while he sought nazli for a kiss, one which bloomed as the ocean lapped around their feet.