“Take what you want. If you want Buh-brukh for yourself, claim her. Grab her and take her high into the mountains and bring her back when her belly is full of your kit.” “As you did my Li-lah?” Rokan asks, and his tone is deceptively mild. “How did that end up for you, my friend?” “Very well,” Hassen tells him, all smiles. “Because I saved her for you and mated her fierce sister who still attacks me as if I am to be conquered.”

