He stood in his dark embrace
Feet burning on sun-warmed sands
Pressed against hot, rough cloth
Strength enclosed his arms
He stood powerless in his dark embrace
Breathless he turned his face to one side
The wind played searing fingers on his skin
Hot and intrusive his body rested against another
He stood powerless in his dark enchanted embrace
The threat was unspoken
He could leave him here
The sun and wind to flay his body to bones
He stood powerless in his dark enchanted assassin’s embrace
Fate accepted
Death denied
Life embraced
He knelt