We got to our destination and I opened the door for her and took her in, my arm hooked with hers. We were escorted our table and had a great talk abou...t my future, her law firm, Carol, my sister who lives in Wisconsin, and so forth. Near the end of the meal, I said to mom, “See the two brunettes over there.Mom glanced and said, “Yes, what about them?”“Well, the slightly chubby one, has been checking me out all night, even though she assumes I am on a date with you,” I explained.“Really? She. “Being the princess brings some benefits.”Akin looks around. “There are no guards.” There’s no one in the training area but him and Lin.“I like my privacy,” she says.Akin sights and stands up. “Why are you here?” he asks. Lin looks at his wide chest. If he wanted to, he could crush her. God knows, he's strong enough for that but he doesn't look threatening. His eyes have a sadness to them that she hasn't seen before.“You refused to see me at night,” she says.“And you thought maybe if you’d talk. Her teeth ground together as she recalled oneof her former best friends who had stolen the woman she had beencourting... though granted, she felt nothing for the woman in questionanymore. She looked around her study and began to feel how sparse it wasof possessions. She knew that other, more successful scholars in hisindustry no doubt had no such wants, and it made her blood boil. But mostnotably, most importantly, most urgently...She wanted to try out her new body.Her mouth pulled itself into. ”“To me, it is. To my Mama and my Papa too – that is the way we see what you did. Now, you have won my heart. My Mama’s people will honor you and welcome you into their village, and you will become a member of the Shoshone Tribe.”“I’m still a little bit scared about this, Willah.”“Just think, Ty, tonight, you won’t have to turn away from me when we lay in our bed. You can touch my body, and hold me in places no one has ever seen before, and we can finish what we started last night and this.