Of thunder and lighting
A clap of thunder awoke Starling from her nap on Repton's bed with a start. She reached to the left side of the bed and felt around for Repton himself, but all her hand could find was cold sheets.
She rolled over to the left and saw that her lover had gotten out of bed and had walked out to the bedchambers balcony.
Starling got up and walked out to the balcony and saw what had attracted the raptor out here in first place: a storm. Although it wasn't anywhere near the castle, the sky knight could see the streaks of lighting and hear the rolls of thunder.
Repton once told her that he liked to see storms from far away or up close. He said it made him feel at ease in this chaotic world.
The raptor glanced at his lover and motioned for her to join him. She walked up to the man-lizard and warped her arms around his waist while he put one arm around her slender body.
And together they watched nature's light show.