RETH
He stared at her, staring up at him. Watched her throat bob. And by the Creator's mane, he prayed.
She stepped closer and one of her pale hands slid out from between the furs she'd kept around her like a shield. She put that hand to his bare chest and they both sucked in.
"Reth?" she whispered into the dark.
"Yes?" he whispered back, his hands at his sides, shaking because he was working so hard not to touch her, not to scare her away.
"I've never been with a man before," she said, her voice shaking slightly.
He swallowed. "I know."
"I'm assuming you have—with a woman, I mean."
The huff of laughter broke out of him before he could catch it, but he stifled it quickly. "Uh, yes, I have."
