Two Eyes Cenote [m] tierra de nadie

"once she is delivered into the hands of a sesh, i will return."

he did not have the luxury of staying. a grown man willing to maim a child was not a man willing to be intimidated by kingdom's voice. only force would bring head to platter to crocodile. 

his own kiss was draconic breath which heated her brow.

"please guard yourself, hebsut. i speak not only as your jodai."

again their eyes, and then he was off, adjusting safiya's limp arms once before he strangled a sob and ran for the direction of the butte and its water-logged pathways which might drown their scents and buy them two days to the flatlands.