Big Salmon Lake cutback

His breath caught almost painfully when she pressed her face into his fur. It was an action he felt all over, like a strange pulse in his body. The water felt freezing against the flush of desire.

"You test me," he said, his tone uncertain but full of wonder — "In ways I have not been tested before."

She knew this, right? What she was doing to him? Not that temptation was difficult to overcome. He'd meant what he said to her mother — that he would respect her no matter who was watching. But it felt illicit just to be standing her, just to be aware of her in this way, as he had never been aware of any woman before her.

"It is not proper, where I am from," he told her, because he did not think she understood this. But his tone suggested he didn't mind; he was not where he was from any longer, after all. He was in her world, and he was learning to walk by the laws of her world. "I don't know what is proper anymore."

What a frightening thought.