Arthur's Mate by Lisa Daniels

Author:Lisa Daniels [Daniels, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-10-24T18:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven – Emma

A part of Emma, though she didn’t want to admit it, hoped to the high heavens that this Great Spirit or whatever it was would appear when she went to that shrine. Take one look at her, and decide she was so worthy that she’d be transformed into a bear, and then all her problems would be over. Scared of Marcus? No problem. He’d be more scared if she transformed into a bear in front of him.

She’d honestly enjoyed been taken around that house. And since then, Arthur had invited her out a few more times, and she accepted willingly, happy to explore opportunities with him. She did, however, refuse to go to any lonely and remote place again, not trusting whatever feud Arthur’s family went through. They instead met up in the same bar he first saw her drinking in, and attempted conversation, getting to know one another without the pressure of family bearing down upon them like an albatross around the neck. She examined Arthur now as she brought over their drinks. He wore a casual black shirt with the image of some rock band or another she didn’t know about, jeans, and his hair resembled a scruffy mess. Those intriguing, light brown eyes of his, which sometimes appeared an almost steel gray in the right light, were furrowed in concentration as he examined his cellphone.

In the time since that interesting family haul-around, she found out that Arthur liked to play golf, specifically mini-golf. He didn’t socialize much, sticking to the family areas, and worked for his family in their own business, which happened to be farm-related work. Selling meat, eggs, and even fish to the region. Emma had bought some of the Valor products from small markets and enjoyed the flavor—great quality for affordable prices. In Phoenix, these products would have gone for three times the price or been found in restaurants for obscene amounts of money. Arthur wanted to set up his own mini-golf area, but he didn’t want to attract tourists to the town. He’d shown Emma his pet project. He used a printed diagram for the dimensions, and hand-carved and painted the obstacles himself. Six obstacles were complete so far, from a dinosaur with an open mouth to an annoying tunnel with a running waterfall to nudge the ball along if aimed right. Learning about the little things was great. Everyone was made up of big things and little things, after all. They had white lines on the ground and red lines that no one could ever cross.

He also heard more about her life, too. Not that she had much left to share. She’d said plenty at the camp, but he insisted on knowing more.

“Tell me more about this Marcus,” Arthur said, accepting the drink from her, ruffling his hair in that annoyingly endearing way. Emma couldn’t stop looking at him. Couldn’t stop imagining what might happen if they did take things further than just friendly meetups. “I already want to

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