They left their little clearing hours later, Selati with a match to the bite he left on Aleledai. A second bout of s*x hadn’t been the plan, but Aleledai had given him a coy look—Selati thought it was coy anyway—and they whiled away another hour. That one took longer, slow and searching.
Aleledai was required to finish his round of the encampment, which dismayed Selati a great deal. He wanted to herd his lover back to the small Commander’s tent and ravish Aleledai all over again. Maybe a fourth time if they had the stamina left. Learn more of his All, what pleased him, brought him to a moaning, shuddering surrender. How high they might find bliss together.
“Duty must come first, for now,” Aleledai murmured into his ear when he reached up and slung his arms around Selati’s shoulders.
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