Dragoncrest Cliffs [m] salt settling

not here, and her belly leapt into hot shoals of leaping fish. chani tugged at the fur of his shoulder once, then with simmering gaze she moved off toward corsair beach, where saltmarsh presented its tangle of junglevines and twisted branches.
among such a place was a tiny clearing, and she wended her way through the marshground until she and pepper were alone. chani was a thing of impulse and moment; she did not think of anything else than turning to press close again.
her heart raced; her limbs trembled, as much for nerves as it was for want. softly she preened at his ears, his cheekbone, wanting to rouse him as the others had been; chani flexing an arm of control and demanding that had not existed before she went out.