“Would you care to tell me about it?”
“Why, I believe I met your Teremun.”
He laughed and snuggled against my side.
“You don’t believe me?”
“Of course I do. I wonder…does that make him an in-law or an out-law?”
I groaned and wrapped an arm around him. “Not amusing.”
“Sorry.” He reached up and kissed the hinge of my jaw. “What did he have to say?”
“Just that I’d made a wise choice.”
“What did you choose?”
“You.”
He sighed happily. “You really did choose me, didn’t you?”
“I did.”
“And I choose you right back.” He slid his arm across my chest and held me tight, and soon his breathing evened out.
I angled myself so I could curl a leg over his to keep him close, and before too long I was asleep, as well.
* * * *
I woke up gradually, to the feel of feather touches tracing the muscles of my back, down to the curves of my arse. I shifted, parting my legs, giving my lover better access to whatever he chose to explore. “Roddy.”