Dragoncrest Cliffs [m] salt settling

she hummed into his mouth and then they parted, chani dazzled in spite of her best efforts to hold the conversation, to convey a sense of confidence and poise. these things she did have, but not as she considered her own words on the concept of pregnancy and what that might mean for their dynamic.
sapphique would have him for all their children. even if he was more to her own brood, it was a role also expected of him. men had fit into a more intimate place before, and she felt that he had earned it, and that she was right to give him this sort of recognition.
but she did not think on it long; in the manner of those young, she put it aside and nodded. "it be your right," chani assured, before a reluctant step backward and then another granted a necessary distance.
necessary for him, she joked to herself, for pepper was far more interesting alive, even if he was willing to give up heartbeat in a sweeter battle.
"i keep sentinel in de blackpine fores' at night."
her eyes glowed. "sometimes i cannot sleep."
and now she did turn, did lope off into a run. her mouth wore a grin! her gaze turned back lotswife for the pillar of salt she had climbed, and chani could not hide the soft, self-shocked laugh as she melted into the shadows beyond the wetlands and the dryer reach of corsair beach.