The Enchantment
“She closed her eyes and leaned forward, letting her forehead rest on his chin. His day's growth of beard prickled her flesh, reminding her of times long gone. A father long gone.
At the memory, her last remnant of control shattered. She gave a great, heaving sigh and let the tears come.
One after another they fell. She began crying for herself, for the fear and uncertainty and pain of this expedition, for her new poverty.
Then, inexplicably, she was crying for all of it: for the mot...her who'd died too young, for the dream-laden father who'd been too weak to live without his much-loved wife, for the child who'd wandered the dark slums in search of food when she should have been curled in her mother's arms.
Emma shivered. Larence's arms wrapped more tightly around her trembling body, held her close.
Warmth seeped from his body to hers, taking the edge off the chill in her soul and reminding her forcibly that she was in New Mexico.MoreLess
At the memory, her last remnant of control shattered. She gave a great, heaving sigh and let the tears come.
One after another they fell. She began crying for herself, for the fear and uncertainty and pain of this expedition, for her new poverty.
Then, inexplicably, she was crying for all of it: for the mot...her who'd died too young, for the dream-laden father who'd been too weak to live without his much-loved wife, for the child who'd wandered the dark slums in search of food when she should have been curled in her mother's arms.
Emma shivered. Larence's arms wrapped more tightly around her trembling body, held her close.
Warmth seeped from his body to hers, taking the edge off the chill in her soul and reminding her forcibly that she was in New Mexico.MoreLess
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