RU KNEW THAT HE SHOULD have trusted his denya. If she had been Detyen, he would have. But Lis had calmed too quickly for him to believe that she was ready and willing to join with him on this journey.
He’d need to move with caution. No doubt she would try to run at the first opportunity, perhaps even risking herself in the wilds of Polai rather than seeing what he had to offer. It should have frustrated him.
Instead, he was intrigued.
This was not the type of challenge he’d ever expected to encounter. Still, as with all things, he’d face it and triumph. If he needed to make her love him so that he could claim her, he’d throw his entire heart into the campaign.
There was nothing more important than mating with his denya.
He could sit here all day and explain the entire history of his
