Ravensblood Forest [m] salt binding

chani was drunk upon her own power, and stalked heedless toward the man who appeared. he was a creature of earthenware and seasmoke; her eyes and flesh approved at once.
but what had she told her departed cousin? 
a test.
chani circled the man, feinted left, and darted deeper into the woodland of blood, plume hiked in scandal and promise. if he found himself able to outrun her, she would carry his essence back to sapphique.
and if not, the play of cold air through her salt-rimed pelt cooled chani enough for some sense to replace lustful ambition. he was still a man and a stranger, built to possess. to keep. 
sirenlight aimed not to be caught.