Alev and Freya were walking back to the keep hand in hand. A comfortable silence between them. Freya sighed and rested her head on his muscled bicep. Even though she was tall she didn't quite reach his shoulder, so leaned in on his arm. Alev smiled at how comfortable was getting with him. "Freya?" he asked softly. "Hmm." she acknowledged softly. She felt at home near him, she was relaxing for what felt like the first time in forever. "Besides, controlling fire, what else can you do?" he asked genuinely curious about her. For the first time in his life with a woman, he actually wanted to get to know her. He still felt guilty about taking her virginity and not knowing her. "Well, I feel like I have untapped power that is hiding until the time is right. Even

