Promise me we won’t change?” She burrows her face against my neck. “No matter what?”“I will tear khui from my chest before I leave you,” I tell her. “We are together. Always.

I reach out and enfold him in a hug.Raahosh is stiff, and eventually returns the hug awkwardly.“Thank you,” I tell him.“You are my brother,” Raahosh says in a low voice. “I will always help you.”“Oh my God,” Liz cries out. “Can you two make out? For me? That would be so hot.

When I rest my head against him again, he sighs.“What?” I ask, curious.“I am not convinced these human holidays are worth it.” He gestures at our small cave, still leaf-strewn from his earlier efforts. “Look at all the work I did, and not a single kiss on my cock from my mate.

My furs are also full of plants. Intisar leaves. The weird hraku that has the tasty, candy-like seeds. Three-leaf plants, which are good for tea. Herbs of all kinds. Branches from the eyelash-like pink trees. All kinds of plants.These people really don’t grasp the mistletoe concept. I laugh as I push the blankets off my legs and it rains more plants down. The entire cave is covered.

Your fear will fade with time. I am a patient male and content to wait.”She gives a small, hiccupy laugh. “Most guys wouldn’t say something like that.”“Most are fools.

Just so you know, most kisses don’t end up like that.”He chuckles. “I suspected as much.” He pats my back with one enormous hand, like he would a child. “You do not have to explain anything to me, Tee-fah-nee. I am happy simply to be the male you chose to spend the day with.”“I…cried all over you.”“Mmm. You were emotional. There are many bad memories in your head.” His hand resumes stroking my back. “It will take more than one afternoon to make them go silent.

There is a saying among my people,” he muses. “‘We may wish for many things, but it is easier to wish for snow. The snow is more likely to happen.

Tee-fah-nee, life is not safe. Life is full of danger. There are sweet parts and there are terrible parts. The not-knowing is what makes it worth living.

Vektal burned with resonance for Georgie before she ever had a khui! Do you think this ache for you would go away if your khui was gone?” He slams a hand over his vibrating chest. “Do you think it cares?