Dragoncrest Cliffs [m] salt plying

fire and flame! fire and arcings of salt-light and glittering world;
a racing edge and a plummeting on its other side, a quick zinging thing that blotted her mind faster than anticipated.
she caught her breath and tipped forward on tremolo, gaze cutting back over her shoulder; wordless growl urged the end of pepper's time-taking. hot-blooded and impatient.
and in her —
but how had this happened? her spirit warmed with the same heat in her flesh, a new anticipation of not only the physical but the emotion with which he joined.
yes, as she watched pepper, chani realized she had given him some small piece of her heart.