Duskfire Glacier δ

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ayovi made his heart race. for a moment he was only still beneath her kiss and capitulation, and it was why he suddenly wished to seize the taiga entire for her. a strange tenderness had entered skorpa, and its velvet edges scared him if only because it was not what he had ever known.

faust. skorpa had told him to hide sight of what was dear. and now here the white jaw stood, completely undone by a rainwater woman with eyes holding the hue of early night.

her happiness was tantamount; he had begun to fall into idle little daydreams of a hearthstone and ayovi at its head.

skorpa was ready to hang his sword over their door.

"nägådz," he murmured, mountain man for their mountain aim.

he kissed the inside of her wrist and began reluctantly to pack their kill.

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