Ouroboros Spine salumaruk ⇑

firsthunter did not touch her. he wished a promise. he wished to possess her. 

"until the sun rises. then i will become moonglow's once more."

and for that time, she would be neither taqqiq nor wife — another test as her body ached for sivullik and her heart found itself desperate. but she would not grovel before him, nor would she make a pledge made in omaik. if he wanted to be her husband, he would do more than come to her sleeping-place.

but this was not that. this raimo understood. she desired him to speak no more; but she did not reach for him, and in this twin-pride surged against one another.

kukutux would not bend first.