Dragoncrest Cliffs [m] salt settling

she liked the growl, the possessiveness it implied. but only she could accept it, and only she said when it ended. that too held a wondrous strength. smoothly she stepped to move into him, responding to his sound with one of her own, half hummed, half rumbled.
he felt — safe. she tried not to compare the situations in mind's eye, for here she was home and his caress remained a fire. a flame flared to life in companionable surroundings might burn its brightest.
his hunger whet his own; chani went on with her teasings, her little wordless urgings, her hips in a slow dance, neck tilted beneath his teeth. not quite submission, not quite its lack.
in repose she would be serene; in this moment she sought their join for the glissade of queenlike sensation she anticipated might bloom for her again.
the difference came in her realization of self-surrender; it was not something to give to those untrusted. pepper's stalwart nature brought foundational faith, and chani gave herself over to abandon, to him, in delightful surprise.