Chapter Thirty-Eight
Renewal
Initially, Yulen thought she would lead him toward the falls when she’d claimed he needed a bath. Instead, she was taking him back to the village. A minute later, that expectation was dashed when she angled to the right and began to follow the cliff side, which curved behind the cluster of trees and old buildings where the Lanta tribe made their home.
He gripped her fingers more tightly. She looked back to give him a warm smile and squeezed in return. This was the closest they had been since that moment behind the storehouses when he’d grabbed her by the waist and boosted her onto the roof. As it had then, he felt his groin tighten up. He could sense the heat building in his blood, until beads of sweat popped out on his face. He stumbled along behind her lik
