Honeyed Pasture [M] bargaining chip

Hokulani grinned. A healer, that made sense with his soft edges, unburdened by the life of a warrior.

She wasn't sure he was one to be taken home, but he was here, and he could help her now. There was still time to find a man she could take to the river. Well Aureli, she liked his name, it felt smooth on her tongue. Will you stay with me? Just for today. Scratch her itch, and then she could move on. If he willed it he would come find her, but it wasn't Hokulani's concern as of now.

Every inch of her felt ready to pounce, to take what she wanted, but today she would be patient. They had gotten this far, it felt to her that it would be unwise to risk scaring him a way now. Men liked to be in control, that was what she had observed in her lifetime, and there was nothing she loved more than using that to get her way.

Blinking, waiting, staring.