One of the “Ever After” stories.
There was only one way to test her theory, but was she
brave enough? Goodness, yes! He was worth risking her heart and her virtue.
Somehow, she’d have to get him into bed. Once they made love, he’d remember
her. She didn’t know how she knew, but she did. Making him remember the summer
they’d spent healing the sick and wounded was the only way to pass them both on
to eternity together.
He frowned and spoke
into the device again.
“Look, I’m not going to hang out here, waiting for you to make yourself known any longer. If you want to play games, it’ll have to wait until another night.”
He turned away, and she couldn’t resist touching his arm lightly, getting only a tingle as she came up against the barrier of his skin. It only made her ache all the more to touch his warm, mahogany skin, like a drunk looking for her whiskey bottle.
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