Later, he thinks, once she's had her way with him, he plans to return the favor and worship her whole the way he wished he had before coming back to Eudio.

He'll steal one last kiss from her mouth, before he's moving towards the bed and shedding his shirt with no little amount of awareness that this is entirely for her benefit.

There are some new electrical burn scars along his hip, but they've faded enough into light marks across his otherwise sun-kissed skin. Mae is also welcome to note the way the freckles on his shoulders climb towards his nape.

Lying with his back on the bed now and lifting his wrists so that they're resting against the wrought-iron bed frame.