Qeya River [m] horn lance

"and you are mine," though with a pang he thought of ghelan. would his boy feel replaced by these children? not in the heart of his father, and he had explained the moiety.

he slipped his hard arms around her, tried to become less and more; less of himself and more of what she needed. for all his refusal, sun eater had become vulnerable, and what was more, he welcomed it.

every man needed a singular space where he might exist in himself and his emotions. he did not want to say it aloud, but star eater offered this plainly and with love.

sorrow and contentment warred inside the chieftain until his throat was made to ache.