Sunset Valley Pǎnakär

continue to skip! just observations

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when the warrior flashed toward ayovi, even if his steps were arrested, skorpa rose with a snarl on that ridgeline. he had surrendered thoughts of possessing the rainwater woman; his attachment to her now was for the gentility she had not needed to offer.

he was her dog, and a dog's loyalty oft meant ripping throats from those who threatened.

but the big man kept himself at least half-veiled by the sprawl of trees, nostrils flared in a mulish exhale as his eyes flared upon the scene below.

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