Redsand Canyon perseco

fennec then revealed to germanicus a very private thing. it explained a good deal of her reticence.

he looked down at how she was illuminated in his arms, this vital and fierce woman who had deigned to take him as her husband. he wanted to pull her into him and offer her comfort but the eagle was not sure she wanted it.

there was trust in fennec's voice, for the future. for a chance at what bronco had cruelly taken from her. and in the crucial moment itself. he could not imagine her humiliation.

"i want you now," the man said simply. "i will want you then." he would not wax about what a fool bronco was. 

he and she both knew that. it was a small part of why she was here with him now and not tied to a man who rejected her touch and the promise of a future she could carry.