Dorothy Garlock - [wabash River]
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“The husky velvet tone reached into Mercy’s sleep-drugged mind. She moved against the warm body holding her and slowly opened her eyes.
“Is it morning?”
“Almost.”
“I don’t want to move.” There was a seductive huskiness in her voice. She moved her hand across his chest and into the neck of his shirt. Her fingers stroked the skin over his collarbone. “Have you been holding me all night?”
“No. I left you lying here all by yourself,” he said, teasing.
“You didn’t.” She sat up so she could see his fa...ce. “Did you sleep at all?”
“A little.” He didn’t tell her that it was damned little, and that a few times he had laid her down, covered her, and circled their campsite. Neither did he tell her that once in the night he had heard hoofbeats, and at another time the peeper frogs along the creek bank had stopped their cadence, disturbed by something they didn’t understand, and he had knelt over her, his rifle ready, until the frogs started up again.
“Did I dream that you said you loved me and wanted us to stay married?”MoreLess
“Is it morning?”
“Almost.”
“I don’t want to move.” There was a seductive huskiness in her voice. She moved her hand across his chest and into the neck of his shirt. Her fingers stroked the skin over his collarbone. “Have you been holding me all night?”
“No. I left you lying here all by yourself,” he said, teasing.
“You didn’t.” She sat up so she could see his fa...ce. “Did you sleep at all?”
“A little.” He didn’t tell her that it was damned little, and that a few times he had laid her down, covered her, and circled their campsite. Neither did he tell her that once in the night he had heard hoofbeats, and at another time the peeper frogs along the creek bank had stopped their cadence, disturbed by something they didn’t understand, and he had knelt over her, his rifle ready, until the frogs started up again.
“Did I dream that you said you loved me and wanted us to stay married?”MoreLess
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