Ravensblood Forest fat rat

endure. endure.
familiarity gave its own slight pleasure, but chani denied herself. still she warmed beneath him, and if the genuine reactiveness made crowell think more of her, then so be it.
he was not likeable. but a woman's instinct had of late curdled to life within her breast. the saltwives of the seacoasts did not recognize fathers or accept husbands; their children were raised communally by a society of women. it was not something that had needed to be thought about for generations now.
if the pirate believed the children his, he would protect them. he would protect her.
she thought about that in silence, in present and in future.