Noctisardor Bypass raunkova

druid's reminder that the act between heda and glaukos had not been one of love curdled the belly of the paler sister. he had been gentle with her, mindful of her demand for a perfunctory performance with very little intimacy. and it was because she and he had always existed on these fringes together that she almost winced for him.
reminding herself that glaukos and druid shared a much different history, including the fact that they had come to blows, heda motioned kikimora closer and sighed.
she hadn't expected glaukos to love her — had druid? 
heda could have said why she felt he was there: in pursuit of the family he thought he could write off to a contract. she thought of mentioning that, then decided not to say anything more as druid demanded again to know his truth.