We've been shown how not to live by gracious kings of old
Her hissed curse made satisfaction flicker in the hunter’s animal hindbrain, the flare of it poking at the sleeping polar bear beneath his chest. Her falling made the tiny hairs on the back of his neck rise in a minuscule but powerful display of predatory nature and inclination. Just as he tightened his muscles to finish the spar and back off the fiery and tenacious woman, her leg tightened around his.
Losing his balance Noah lurched forward and down. Unwilling to crush her with his mere mass, Noah shot his arms out to brace himself. He landed with his palms square on the ground on either side of her head, the pain from sudden impact winding up his arms all the way to his shoulders. He gritted his teeth and suddenly half-lunged, half-rolled off and away from the woman.
He would not let himself be caught or seen in such a vulnerable position with a woman who wasn’t his wife. As he rolled, though, he found himself closer to her dogs than he would have liked so shuffled back up to his feet, brushing dirt and debris from his clothes. He flicked glacier eyes back up to her and offered her a smile of thanks. ”Nice spar.”
Losing his balance Noah lurched forward and down. Unwilling to crush her with his mere mass, Noah shot his arms out to brace himself. He landed with his palms square on the ground on either side of her head, the pain from sudden impact winding up his arms all the way to his shoulders. He gritted his teeth and suddenly half-lunged, half-rolled off and away from the woman.
He would not let himself be caught or seen in such a vulnerable position with a woman who wasn’t his wife. As he rolled, though, he found himself closer to her dogs than he would have liked so shuffled back up to his feet, brushing dirt and debris from his clothes. He flicked glacier eyes back up to her and offered her a smile of thanks. ”Nice spar.”
NOAH
