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Kael stilled. No one had ever spoken of his shadow.

"Your shadow," Rian replied without looking up. "It fights even when you sleep. It mourns even when you conquer." The Courtship Of A Warrior -Yaoi-

Kael scoffs. "They send me a poet instead of a warrior?" Kael stilled

"What is this?" the general demanded, his hand on his sword. "It fights even when you sleep

"Then why is your heart beating like a war drum?" Rian whispered, and lightly pressed his palm to Kael's chestplate.

Rian stood, close enough that Kael could smell juniper and rain on him. "In my tribe, a warrior is courted through three trials. The Trial of the Blade—proving you can match his strength. The Trial of the Wound—showing you can tend his pain. And the Trial of the Hearth—earning the right to lie beside him without a weapon."