Haunting Desire
“But when he touched the satin warmth of her cheek, her eyes fluttered open and captured him in the mists of a silvery storm.
“Yer alive,” he said softly.
Her lashes were spiky and blood splattered her face and body. A child lay sprawled across her with arms tight around her neck. He recognized the little girl who’d been born on this islet. Her name was Ellie. She had a thumb stuck between her lips and she sucked furiously, eyes clenched tight.
Shealy sat up unsteadily and Tiarnan reached out to... help her, but she flinched away, and her reaction stung him more than he wanted to admit. She hadn’t flinched from him last night. He started to pull back, but then she threw her arm around his neck, curling herself into the hard planes of his body, and he found himself embracing both woman and child as a feeling of unbelievable wholeness washed over him.
Clearly, he’d lost his mind.
She was soft and pliant beneath his touch, and gently he soothed her, running his fingers through her hair, rubbing small circles against her back, remembering the way she’d arched into him last night.MoreLess
“Yer alive,” he said softly.
Her lashes were spiky and blood splattered her face and body. A child lay sprawled across her with arms tight around her neck. He recognized the little girl who’d been born on this islet. Her name was Ellie. She had a thumb stuck between her lips and she sucked furiously, eyes clenched tight.
Shealy sat up unsteadily and Tiarnan reached out to... help her, but she flinched away, and her reaction stung him more than he wanted to admit. She hadn’t flinched from him last night. He started to pull back, but then she threw her arm around his neck, curling herself into the hard planes of his body, and he found himself embracing both woman and child as a feeling of unbelievable wholeness washed over him.
Clearly, he’d lost his mind.
She was soft and pliant beneath his touch, and gently he soothed her, running his fingers through her hair, rubbing small circles against her back, remembering the way she’d arched into him last night.MoreLess
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