Redsand Canyon Lean in close

He was hypnotized by her ruby gaze as she moved closer. Her compliment pulled a low chuff of laughter from deep in his chest. I was trying to get to the valley north of here. It had been a few days since he last ate, and he was starting to get hungry. It's much nicer there.

Surprise lifted his brows when she calmly admitted she had been exiled. And the way she said it—like she was telling him what day of the week it was. He stepped even closer so that he was almost towering over her, interest glittering in his eyes. What'd you do? That was why someone was exiled, right? Because they broke the rules? He had always been more of a rule-follower, but he found he didn't care so much about that stuff right now; he was more interested in the pretty girl in front of him.