01 Do You Believe in Magic - the Children of Merlin
“CHAPTER TEN He was sleeping in her bed. Or not sleeping. She’d been thoughtful. A candle. A glass of water and his meds. The wind-up clock had a dial that glowed in the dark. And the sheets were pulled back. Now his nose was filled with the scent of her in the pillows, the sheets. His erection wasn’t exactly soothed by the aroma. And tomorrow he was going to spend the day sitting two feet away from her in her truck?
Gods give him strength.
Strength. But wasn’t strength what he’d found since... he met her? He’d pulled back, painful as it was, from the abyss. Or maybe it was Maggie O’Brian who had dragged him from the edge.
That made her important. Too important to take lightly.
He pulled the coverlet up to his chest.
The Vicodin (and tell it true—the shots of whiskey) kept the pain in his leg, his shoulder and collarbone, his ribs in check.
But the pain was lurking, ready to pounce if he let the drugs lapse for even an instant. He’d find what sleep he could tonight. And by tomorrow night he’d be back at The Breakers.MoreLess
Gods give him strength.
Strength. But wasn’t strength what he’d found since... he met her? He’d pulled back, painful as it was, from the abyss. Or maybe it was Maggie O’Brian who had dragged him from the edge.
That made her important. Too important to take lightly.
He pulled the coverlet up to his chest.
The Vicodin (and tell it true—the shots of whiskey) kept the pain in his leg, his shoulder and collarbone, his ribs in check.
But the pain was lurking, ready to pounce if he let the drugs lapse for even an instant. He’d find what sleep he could tonight. And by tomorrow night he’d be back at The Breakers.MoreLess
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