Raven's Watch raven's watch

her gaze did not waver from his grimace, from the disgust that rippled openly through him at the name sun eater had branded upon her daughter.

fa’liya will not carry that name forever, she added, quieter, fiercer. not once she is back in my teeth.

she stepped closer, closing the last inches between them. her crown pressed to his once more. sovereign in her pleading nature.

then she lifted her chin, touched her nose to his muzzle, and— soft as she could muster— let her tongue meet his in a brief, intimate kiss. a blessing. a sending. a claim.

may the mountains part for you, she murmured against his lips, breath mingling with his. and may the gods choke on their own omens if they try to turn you from your path.

a final brush of her forehead to his.

return to me.