In My View

Now he was in my view. My target.

So close…

I took a gasping breath of air. Sitting up as I dragged panting breaths deep into my chest.

“Are you okay?” Lyra Lani knelt next to me. Clutching my shoulders. “We lost you for a moment there.”

“What happened?”

“Some manner of trembles overtook you.”

“I was somewhere else…”

“Well I hope it was better than that.” Lyra Lani tossed her head over her shoulder toward the crack where ragged male grunts were huffing on the other side of the wall. And the wails of the old woman’s pleasure filled the air.

Or her pain.

It was hard to tell which. But since she’d come here of her own volition, I was guessing she was enjoying submitting to the brutality of her mate.

As I sometimes do.

***

“Come back with me.” Lyra Lani helped me to my