Blackbird: an Online Romance by Fran Seen

Author:Fran Seen [Seen, Fran]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2015-12-31T06:00:00+00:00

Where the Wild Things Bloom

“What’s she like?” I asked as we walked back to Charlie’s cabin.

“Who?” he furrowed his brow, taking my hand in his.

“Your bride to be,” I tried to camouflage the jealousy in my voice but was unsuccessful. His mystery Native woman had filled my thoughts since learning of her existence at the pancake house.

Charlie cleared his throat. “I’ve met her twice,” he lowered his gaze and stared across the pasture.

I waited but no elaboration arrived. “Well?” I squeezed his hand. “Is she short? Fat? Tall? Thin? Homely? Gorgeous?”

“I can’t say I noticed any of those traits,” he mumbled, his expression sullen, and the moment he released my hand, I plummeted face-first into the tall grass.

I spit out a mouth of pasture and cursed under my breath. His laugh bellowed and vibrated through his chest with enough vigor to stir desire between my legs, causing my blood to run cold. The cool summer night carried his chuckle across the field. He knelt down beside me and gasped for air. “I’ve never seen someone so at odds with nature.”

That was it. I tugged his wrist, knocking him off balance, and pulled him down. Charlie landed on top of me, nearly knocking the wind out of my lungs with his weight, but he didn’t move away. Instead, he lowered his chin, placed his lips on mine, and kissed me under the moon and stars, with fireflies dancing all around us and crickets chirping in a summer symphony. Charlie swept his tongue between my lips as his fingers dug into the back of my legs. I wrapped them around his waist, and my soft places curved against his hard body. As his desire swelled against my thigh, the color rose in my cheeks, expecting rough kisses and wandering fingertips, but I received none.

“I’m in hell,” he groaned against my lips, breaking our kiss.

“You’re in good company,” I breathed a little too dreamily. I caught his bottom lip between mine and suckled, squealing when he hoisted me over his shoulder. My face smacked the soft flannel of his shirt, and the world turned upside down as he began to march toward his house.

I craned my neck as we entered his home. The interior reminded me of Lily’s house, except with more modern touches. The kitchen, fashioned around a buck stove centerpiece, opened up into a living room filled with leather couches, overstuffed chairs and a high ceiling. He carried me up the stairs like a man on a mission, and I tried to suppress a giggle as I swatted his firm behind. Charlie lowered me onto a bed covered in a heavy quilt, positioned against the far wall of the open loft. A shadow of black crowned his face from the strands of hair I’d freed from his bun. He folded his arms across his chest, looked down at me, and backed away.

“What’s wrong?” I asked. Something about his stare made my knees wobble. My eyes flicked to the ceiling, where slats of tin roof stared down at me.

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