"I am eager for you to teach me more," Vevina said examining Astrid's reddened foot with a tender touch.
Her cool fingers felt good against the welt that emerged on her instep. Astrid didn't want her to stop touching her. She closed her eyes as Vevina's hand settled over the injured spot and magically turned the heat to tingle. The strange sensation crawled along Astrid's skin until it reached her center, and that was when she knew Vevina needed to stop touching her.
Astrid's eyes sprung open, startled, when she felt a tongue lick her toes, and she wasn't at all surprised to see it was Marley.
"We should eat," Astrid, grabbing her boot to put on after nudging the puppy off her.
"Then we will resume the lessons?" Vevina asked, spreading her cloak on the ground and retrieving the baske
