myself be carried, let down my guard enough to enjoy the feeling of his strong arms across my back and under my knees.
He walked into the room that I usually used when I slept over and laid me down gently on the bed. He leaned over me to place another kiss on my forehead, but then he stood up as if to go.
“Noah, could you…I would really like it...” I couldn’t get the words out, and my stammering had me blushing, which made me angry.
“Crap, will you just stay with me tonight?” It came out sounding rude and demanding, but he just laughed. He eyed me shrewdly, but nodded, walking around the bed. He laid down next me, and I moved immediately towards him, burrowing into his side.
“Don’t you want a blanket?”
“No, this is fine. You’ll keep me warm.” I assured him. I could feel him nod his head.
The room enveloped us in silence, with not even the crackle of a fire to break it, and I wondered if this would be the night. It should have been the farthest thing from my mind, but I didn’t want to think about Padraigan and Gemma anymore, didn’t want to think about meetings with insurance adjusters and fire marshal’s. I just wanted to be with Noah.
The sound of his breathing lulled me to sleep.
When I woke up, it was with a start. I went from a sound sleep to my eyes popping open in a split second. I laid there, trying to figure out why I was laying on a bed in Gareth and Anna’s house, when I heard a rustling next to me and felt movement on the bed.
I turned my head slowly and saw Noah next to me, sleeping. His face was relaxed, a slight smile on his mouth. He would have looked almost angelic if it weren’t for the soot that was still grimed into his skin. I wanted to reach out and trace his lips with my finger, but I didn’t want to ruin the moment.
Everything came flooding back, the late night visit from Padraigan, Written being set on fire, Noah and I going at each other like starving people put before a feast.
I fought the flush that washed my cheeks at that last thought. I was way out of my comfort zone with Noah, and I wasn’t sure how I would take to doing things and saying things that I looked at as being weak, or soft.
I had always been more of a tomboy than a girly-girl. I played sports all through middle and high school, watched football and baseball till I was blue in the face, and cursed like a sailor. I had no patience for all the girly things in life, like shopping, gossiping, sighing over each other’s boyfriends…it just wasn’t me.
Still watching him sleep, I marveled that he wanted me. For all that he could be contrary and stubborn, I was worse and I knew it. I would take everything that he said and twist it to make it sound worse than it was. My hackles went up at the slightest indication that he considered me inferior, which he had never given me a reason to think that way.
I had been the original instigator, with my prejudice against sorcerers. I had been the one with the attitude. He had just been fighting back.
It was an amazing epiphany.
As I watched him, his eyelids fluttered against the sun shining in the windows, and his eyes opened, the sharp blue irises focusing on me immediately. His mouth curved into a sexy smile that I couldn’t help answering with a smile of my own.
“Good morning, Sunshine.” He said softly as he stretched his long body luxuriously. He never looked away from me and I couldn’t have looked away even if I tried.
“Hi.”
“Short on words? That’s a first.” He finished with a laugh as he slid his arms around me, pulling me closer. He leaned in for a kiss and I brought my hand up between us.
“I have morning breath.” I panicked, having the strangest urge come over me. I wanted to look and well, smell, my best when he kissed me again. Morning breath had never stopped me before.
His smile grew bigger and he looked like he was trying hard not to laugh.
“And we’re both covered in soot. I don’t think it matters
He walked into the room that I usually used when I slept over and laid me down gently on the bed. He leaned over me to place another kiss on my forehead, but then he stood up as if to go.
“Noah, could you…I would really like it...” I couldn’t get the words out, and my stammering had me blushing, which made me angry.
“Crap, will you just stay with me tonight?” It came out sounding rude and demanding, but he just laughed. He eyed me shrewdly, but nodded, walking around the bed. He laid down next me, and I moved immediately towards him, burrowing into his side.
“Don’t you want a blanket?”
“No, this is fine. You’ll keep me warm.” I assured him. I could feel him nod his head.
The room enveloped us in silence, with not even the crackle of a fire to break it, and I wondered if this would be the night. It should have been the farthest thing from my mind, but I didn’t want to think about Padraigan and Gemma anymore, didn’t want to think about meetings with insurance adjusters and fire marshal’s. I just wanted to be with Noah.
The sound of his breathing lulled me to sleep.
When I woke up, it was with a start. I went from a sound sleep to my eyes popping open in a split second. I laid there, trying to figure out why I was laying on a bed in Gareth and Anna’s house, when I heard a rustling next to me and felt movement on the bed.
I turned my head slowly and saw Noah next to me, sleeping. His face was relaxed, a slight smile on his mouth. He would have looked almost angelic if it weren’t for the soot that was still grimed into his skin. I wanted to reach out and trace his lips with my finger, but I didn’t want to ruin the moment.
Everything came flooding back, the late night visit from Padraigan, Written being set on fire, Noah and I going at each other like starving people put before a feast.
I fought the flush that washed my cheeks at that last thought. I was way out of my comfort zone with Noah, and I wasn’t sure how I would take to doing things and saying things that I looked at as being weak, or soft.
I had always been more of a tomboy than a girly-girl. I played sports all through middle and high school, watched football and baseball till I was blue in the face, and cursed like a sailor. I had no patience for all the girly things in life, like shopping, gossiping, sighing over each other’s boyfriends…it just wasn’t me.
Still watching him sleep, I marveled that he wanted me. For all that he could be contrary and stubborn, I was worse and I knew it. I would take everything that he said and twist it to make it sound worse than it was. My hackles went up at the slightest indication that he considered me inferior, which he had never given me a reason to think that way.
I had been the original instigator, with my prejudice against sorcerers. I had been the one with the attitude. He had just been fighting back.
It was an amazing epiphany.
As I watched him, his eyelids fluttered against the sun shining in the windows, and his eyes opened, the sharp blue irises focusing on me immediately. His mouth curved into a sexy smile that I couldn’t help answering with a smile of my own.
“Good morning, Sunshine.” He said softly as he stretched his long body luxuriously. He never looked away from me and I couldn’t have looked away even if I tried.
“Hi.”
“Short on words? That’s a first.” He finished with a laugh as he slid his arms around me, pulling me closer. He leaned in for a kiss and I brought my hand up between us.
“I have morning breath.” I panicked, having the strangest urge come over me. I wanted to look and well, smell, my best when he kissed me again. Morning breath had never stopped me before.
His smile grew bigger and he looked like he was trying hard not to laugh.
“And we’re both covered in soot. I don’t think it matters
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