Total pages in book: 99
Estimated words: 94072 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 470(@200wpm)___ 376(@250wpm)___ 314(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 94072 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 470(@200wpm)___ 376(@250wpm)___ 314(@300wpm)
It came like a flood that engulfed her, swallowed her and left her barely able to breath. She gasped and clung to him as ripple after ripple vibrated through her body and she felt when his body did the same, and he held on to her as she did to him.
He kept her at his side when he slipped off her and she was glad of it for she didn’t want to separate from him just yet. Though their bodies were damp, this time with perspiration, she wanted to feel every inch of his flesh beside hers.
He was a magnificent creature, not lean or large, which made him perfect in shape and form, muscled but naturally so, though he was endowed with a sizeable manly organ and that gave her a chuckle.
“I amused you?” Lachlan asked with a laugh.
Terese was blunt and gently cupped him in her hand though he was more than a handful. “My thought was of your size.”
“And you find that amusing?” he asked with a teasing poke to her arm.
She giggled and jiggled him in her hand. “I find you endowed beyond expectations.”
“Be careful, he’ll respond to your charm,” he warned playfully.
She returned his playfulness. “I haven’t worn him out?”
“You have a long way to go for that.”
“Promise?”
“I’ll do better then that, I’ll show you all night long,” he said.
“Promise,” she repeated with a soft franticness. “Promise me you’ll show me all night and all the days we have left together.”
He looked at her strangely then took hold of her face. “All the days we have left together I will make love to you.”
He kissed her and she felt tears well in her eyes. She didn’t want him to see and so when their kiss ended she rested her head on his shoulder and forced not one tear to spill. She wouldn’t let him see her cry, wouldn’t let him know her pain. She would love him while she could and then they would be no more.
Lachlan kept his promise; they made love throughout the night, the thunder punctuating a climax or two and the steady rain falling outside a soothing melody. Sleep was stolen between bouts of lovemaking and then there was the talk, she encouraging Lachlan to share his family memories and she envious of his close family ties.
It was a night she would never forget, and she had no doubt she would recall many times long after he left. And she looked forward to every memory they would make before his departure. She wanted a storage house of memories to keep and enjoy.
Sunrise wasn’t far off when Terese woke and smiled when she saw how content Lachlan was wrapped around her. She could get used to this and that’s when her smile faded, and she decided it was best that she wasn’t there when he woke.
She had reminded herself on more than one occasion to keep things in perspective and she had to make certain she did just that. He would leave, she would be alone, and she would miss him badly enough as it was. She didn’t need to miss waking up beside him.
She eased out of bed and then realized she had no clothes. They were outside on the ground probably still soaking wet, since the rain only stopped an hour or so ago.
“You’re not sneaking away are you?”
Terese turned with a start to see Lachlan on his side, elbow bent, head resting on his hand, smiling.
“I have no clothes.”
He grinned and she had to smile.
“A wise choice I made last night to strip you of leaving me.”
“Is that what you did?” she asked extending her arms out and unabashedly displaying her nakedness.
“A damn gorgeous sight to wake up to,” he claimed wholeheartedly.
She dropped her arms and headed for the door. “The sun has yet to rise. I can hurry to my quarters before anyone sees me.”
He was at the door blocking it before she reached it.
He ran his finger over her breasts, down her stomach, and slipped slowly down between her legs. “For my eyes only.”
She did the same to him, starting at his chest, swirling in circles down along his stomach to take hold of him in her hand. “It looks like someone else has risen before the sun.”
“He always does.”
“Always, not just for me?” she asked and gave a slight squeeze.
Lachlan rolled his eyes. “From now on only for you.”
How she would love that to be so, but she wasn’t foolish enough to believe this to last, for now, however…
“He’s all mine? Promise?”
“I give you my word.”
“In that case, I think I’ll kiss him good morning,” Terese said.
It wasn’t long before Lachlan scooped her up and rushed her to the bed, and there they stayed well past sunrise.
Chapter 16
“Lachlan. Lachlan. Lachlan!”
Lachlan jolted and turned to stare at Boyd.
“Have our warriors gone completely love-sick?”