Sequoia Coast green fire

his body was still warmed through from her loving touch, languid and ready for such a run. but he found himself delightfully surprised when marina suggested that they hunt the sea lions together. "wa-how! what a woman!" he grinned in splendid delight, his berrybright eyes moving over the one she had chosen. "he is wounded. see the blood on his side."
a great part of the seal hunter wanted to protect her by saying he alone would hunt them, but the joy in her eyes made the choice for chakliux. "let us chase him to that rock, away from his colony. they will not come for him if we avoid the big one."
pressing a kiss to her temple, he moved rightward down the sand, creeping between tangles of kelp and half-buried stones until he and marina had come close enough to see the sheen of scarlet on the straining flank of the young one, who had wheeled to face his pursuer once more.