Redsand Canyon I never stay in one place too long

"do you know what does exist?"

she whirled away. he blocked her with a smooth series of steps.

fennec had been the only one to meet him with something other than well-wishes. lady meadow had given him a listening ear and the opportunity. and he had not acted in the moment. he thought of reyson's small smile and the greater implications he was sure the man had not meant to give.

or that germanicus had not meant to assume.

he had been given peace by the epochian. and fennec had taken it from him.

bound by a thousand mores and obligated to follow each one, the eagle reached the end of his eternal control and reached out to touch her, to brush her cheek featherlight with his muzzle. and it was a deep shock to him that it was not unpleasant and bore its own thorn-laden comfort. he drew back then as not to be so close. her teeth might flash next for all he knew.

it was not love. but it was not a mistake. it was a new sort of challenge and germanicus waited for fennec to place her own move.