Blacktail Deer Plateau wisteria; growing [m]

something there, something present and darkening behind the veneer of bared tooth and inviting step. merrick had not known how to answer before, but now the boy thrust out his narrow chest and stepped confidently toward the shadow. whispers; they crowded mistlike and crowblack at the edge of his hearing, his awareness, but merrick was unhearing.
utterly consumed by astara, he stepped forth and nudged deeply between the sharp rises of her shoulderblades, nipping there with a firmness he continued as a possessive growl rose in his throat and he sought her own with a heated kiss.