Joining the Underground

"One more thing which you may not fully appreciate yet, Sweft..." Coll met her eyes as Kestrem's arms drew her close. "Sexually, whether conscious of it or not, a man always approaches a woman's body with a promise, a threat or a lie. Kes and I are both men who make promises when we take a woman."

The succession of expressions across her face indicated rapid consideration of his words and their relevance to her own life experience. Finally she settled back and focused on him again.

"You're asking me to trust you?"

"No, I'm just saying that you can, when you're ready, when I've earned it."