Chapter 28: Mastery Of Tongues Part 2
The sounds of revelry floated on the smoky night air, Ethlek and freed slaves celebrating under the great marble moon. Trals walked in the opposite direction.
"What do you want?" Njrea asked.
"I want to take you away so we can be alone," Trals answered. Either he seized control of Njrea's motivations now, or she would destroy the Uppalitch Ethlek. And perhaps the entire Face of God. Having already set fire to God's beard, Njrea was off to a good start.
Smoke still billowed from the ever-expanding perimeter of the burned patch. Soon those rushing flames would reach the Ethlek camp, and if anyone panicked and burned to death, Shra was sure to give Trals an earful.
"And you think I want to be alone with you?" Njrea looked not so much aggressive as wary.
"I think that your blood still sings with the heat of battle. I think you require release." She would come around after sex. All the others had.