Her ebony smile grew larger as the soft chuckle escaped his throat. He remembered. Another genuine smile and an affectionate lick on his cheek answer his words as she agreed with him. If she looked back eight months ago, she never would have guessed being here with Eden. She always thought she'd spend the rest of her days with Tlarx, but she had been ignorant back then. She was living in the now, and now was Eden and Eden only. As he made his first move, she complied with him, moving to stand before him.
He had impawned his servitude to her once and now twice. She could only hope that he kept that promise. From this night forward, she was his and his only while he was hers and hers only. As soon as the deed was done, the promising rain began to pour down upon them and as quickly as they could, they found shelter and spent the rest of the night tangled together.