Ralph caught him up and hugged him to his chest, pressing his haggard unshaven cheek against the boy's velvet skin.

He'd never felt skin like that, velvet skin, warm and slippery skin that absorbed him into her.

Alina held out her hand, and the foal took a cautious step forward, then another, until Alina could touch its velvet skin.

Killashandra's hands slid up his bare warm chest, her fingers caressing the velvet skin, taking note of the strong pectoral muscles, the column of his throat.

She felt muscles bunch under the velvet skin and then the horse was rising, over the fence, over the field.

Servaes came slowly to her side, touching the velvet skin of her cheek.

Tom's black velvet skin had begun to shine, and he ran his hand over his face.

But for some reason he found her in his arms, his face against her hair and his hands pressed tight to the soft velvet skin of her back.