Redtail Rise other loves, other vices

She wanted to. God, how she wanted to. His eyes were exactly as she had remembered, and he'd somehow grown even more handsome while she was away. Blackbear's breath caught for a moment, but she forced herself to breathe and think, and a moment later she found it in herself to step away.

"I should go," she said, knowing now that it was not possible to linger without being caught up once more. She reminded herself that this was her sister's husband, and she could not could not could not hurt them any more than she already had. It was bad enough that she'd reminded him. "I'll see you in another life, brother," she said, managing to sound brave. Aditya got a single, fleeting kiss on the cheek before she turned away.