“Are you sure you want to give me ideas?” Ravnos hit the button to close and lock the door behind him.
Seht looked away and folded his arms across his chest. “Calling you a sadist was an understatement.”
Ravnos lunged forward to pin Seht to the wall behind him by his shoulders.
Seht’s eyes opened wide, and his lips parted, pink and damp, and oh-so-tempting.
Ravnos pressed his mouth to Seht’s and slid his tongue past those sharp fangs to taste him. Wet, hot, and a hint of that feral musk he could never get out of his dreams…
Seht grabbed onto Ravnos’s shoulders and returned the kiss with interest, chasing Ravnos’s tongue with nipping teeth.
It took more effort than he cared to admit for Ravnos to release Seht’s lips. He pressed his brow to Seht’s. “You don’t have to put up with this. You can leave at any time.”
Seht licked his lips and stared straight into Ravnos’s eyes. “Do your worst. I will not leave you.”
Ravnos nodded and stepped back to straighten his cravat. “We will see.”
Seht smiled, showing his long teeth. “Yes, we will.”
THE END
Appendix
The Language of the Skeldhi
Skeldhor Prime
- Skeldhi— the people of Skeldhor, ship-speak bastardization of skeldyht / … of Skeldhor
Kwusehyr— a principal spaceport
Titles
Pshent— Queen / implies “Mother”
Atehf-mehnat— Queen’s Consort / implies “collared prince”
- mehnat— royal (ornamental) collar
Hedjhyt— crown princess
Atehf— prince consort
Tahemryt— blood princess; direct relation to royal line / … of the blood Deshryt— blood prince; direct relation to royal line / … of the blood Kehpresh— war prince
‘Sey— lady mistress (pronounced: say)
Sey’dhyt— generic lady mistress / … of an office
A’sey— respectable ma’am (non-royal)
‘Syr— lord master (pronounced: seer)
‘Syr’dhyt— generic lord master / … of an office
A’syr— respectable sir (non-royal)
Dhe’syah— moon blade (weapon); also sworn vassal or liege man / implies “the lord’s weapon”
Law & Government
Maht— Law - Honor - Truth; the world order, justice, proper conduct Ehnyad— The Council of Nine Elders
- Ehnya’dhyt— councilor / … of the council
Mahfeht— office of judicial enforcement and legal execution
- Mahfeht’syr— lord master executioner
- Mahf’dhyt— enforcer, also known as a hunter / … of judicial authority; legal executioner
Mehdjay— office of Intelligence and Security
- Mehdjay’syr— Lord-officer of Intelligence and Security
- mehdja’dhyt— Investigative Officer
uhra’eh— military / implies “a group of fire-spitting serpents”
- Uhra’eh’syr— warlord / implies “Lord of the fire-spitting serpents”
- uhra’dhyt— a soldier / … of the fire-spitting serpents
nehkyx— a punisher or trainer / implies “whip”
- Nehkyx’syr— master-trainer
Sehnbay— office of medicine / implies health
- Sehnbay’syr— master surgeon-engineer
- sehn’dhyt— medic / … of health
shen— rehkyt obedience collar / implies “to encircle”
rehkyt— pet / implies “captive bird”
seysehn— concubine / implies “lotus flower”
seysaht— skilled or trained rehkyt (f.) / implies “educated female”
deyjaht— skilled or trained rehkyt (m.) / implies “educated male”
upuaht— rehkyt guard / implies “canine guardian”
isfeht— outlaw; runaway rehkyt / implies disorderly, chaotic, insane teht (tj.t)— rehkyt in ovulation cycle / implies “sacred blood”
-dhyt— (pl.) the people of …
Tawrhyt— Skeldhi ovulation cycle / implies “season of sacred blood”
rahyt— blood-rage
Morgan Hawke
Morgan Hawke has lived in seven states of the US and spent two years in England. She has been an auto mechanic, a security guard, a waitress, a groom in a horse-stable, in the military, a copywriter, a magazine editor, a professional tarot reader, a belly-dancer and a stripper. Her personal area of expertise is the strange and unusual.
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