Redemption
“Whether he liked it or not, he still needed her, required care that she alone could give for now. And so she went to her room and dressed for the day, returning to him as soon as she had fixed his tea. Her own cup sat on the kitchen table, for she would not presume to join him, leaving him to the privacy of his bedroom.
His bedroom. She’d been in his bed. That fact was enough to make her want to sink through the floor-boards. She’d been in his arms, no matter that he’d pulled her down against h...im. She could have left his side. He wouldn’t have clung to her, especially once he’d recognized that it wasn’t his beloved Rena he held.
The cup trembled in her hand as she carried it to him, the tea threatening to slosh over the side. He watched her, raising himself on one elbow, and she thought that his face looked drawn, his skin waxen. His bout with fever had not left him unscathed, for there was an air of fragility about him that reminded her of how very ill he had been only hours before.MoreLess
His bedroom. She’d been in his bed. That fact was enough to make her want to sink through the floor-boards. She’d been in his arms, no matter that he’d pulled her down against h...im. She could have left his side. He wouldn’t have clung to her, especially once he’d recognized that it wasn’t his beloved Rena he held.
The cup trembled in her hand as she carried it to him, the tea threatening to slosh over the side. He watched her, raising himself on one elbow, and she thought that his face looked drawn, his skin waxen. His bout with fever had not left him unscathed, for there was an air of fragility about him that reminded her of how very ill he had been only hours before.MoreLess
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