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"Damn it, Sabine!" he yelled as he ran

When he reached the caasp and took in the sight of hi, and sweat trickled from his neck Her eyes followed a bead as it slid down his torso over the ridges ofa skinned animal of indeterminate species Take away the anihts she'd ever seen

"Do you knohat I went through to get the cork out?" she asked hiainst her shoulder "Then you expecttrial of ritualistic animal abuse without wine"

He sank down on the opposite side of the fire, spit­ting the poor creature on a stick

As he secured the little carcass over the flames, she studiously surveyed the scenery Rydstro cliff Below thereen-the color of his eyes Other cliffs surrounded the water on three sides, and as the wind rushed in, white blosso air

Inmeat was pervasive After the day's arduous journey, she was starving, and the scent wasn't as bad as she'd thought it would be In fact, it wasappetizing

"It sood, doesn't it, sorceress?"

She turned up her nose "I won't eat it"

"Just look at it"

Before she could stop herself, she did Her ht It was so succulent, it dripped,the fire hiss No, I'm more refined than this I don't eat animals! "You are fully aware that my kind doesn't consume meat"

"You will now"

"Nohat? Now that you're the boss?"

His gaze flickered over her belly

"Ohhh, now that you think Iyour babe Will you force me to eat it?"

"I didn't cause this situation Remember that" His tone otten yourself pregnant with a demon, you'll need meat to feed it"

"Do you not think that it wouldI find revolt­ing? Perhaps you should have ascertained if I was high-rowled again, he rose and snatched up the e you n to eat"

A short ti the contents on the blanket She quirked a brow at a selection of berries "Ato poison me Hownovel"

"They aren't poisonous" He scooped up some and popped them into his mouth

"Not to demons, but they're toxic to me Because we're not of the same species"

"You make it sound like we come from different plan­ets We're not that different" · "No?" Her gaze flickered over his horns

He ran his hand over one, then glowered at her Strangely, she seeave a nod at a dirt covered root "I'h, she said, "Good gods, you brought naw on!"