Familiar Pleasures

Savant and Sunder are in the witch-lands searching for a wife they can share--a woman who will please them both and yet not object to the pleasure they find in each other. After six months of travel, it seems like they're on a fool's errand--until Savant's snow leopard familiar catches her scent and chooses their mate for them.

For Aysa Douay it's time to claim a familiar and seek a husband. While most women stay close to the village and take cats or songbirds as familiars, Aysa believes a falcon's sudden appearance is a sign she'll find her familiar in the mountains. Little does she know how right she is--and how wrong.

Please note: A previous version of this story was published by Ellora's Cave.