Broken Antler Fen they say he's changed

soo sorry for the wait on this! <3

except for us
her stomach turned over with a fishlike flip. teya knew that the resistance she had promised would weaken, would wane, for pledge or not it was nothing she desired.
she knew nothing about this man. there was then, nothing to ruin things. no baggage. not even a name, hardly.
"except for us," teya repeated, her coolwater gaze deepening with awareness.
the lines of her body softened; she waited for the man to reach toward her.