Courage is not simply one of the virtues,
There was a smug satisfaction when he pulled away to see how she reacted to his kiss. There was a new flush across her damp cheeks, a new heat beginning to settle between them that sparked just as fast as before. The humor and grins were easy, the contact following shortly behind as they traded taunts.
Zavien's smile turned crooked at her accusation. "Here. I'll prove it." Then he claimed her lips again, adding the faintest increase in pressure to bait her, his hands beginning to move along her sides seemingly without purpose beyond rubbing water into her skin. Yet with each pass, his path widened, never getting quite close enough to exactly where she wanted them.
Zavien's smile turned crooked at her accusation. "Here. I'll prove it." Then he claimed her lips again, adding the faintest increase in pressure to bait her, his hands beginning to move along her sides seemingly without purpose beyond rubbing water into her skin. Yet with each pass, his path widened, never getting quite close enough to exactly where she wanted them.
Zavien
but the form of every virtue at the testing point.
