Desert Blood (The Wolves of Twin Moon Ranch Book 2) by Anna Lowe

Author:Anna Lowe [Lowe, Anna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-04-02T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

“Miss Luth! Do you know where ghosts swim?”

Heather turned from the geography lesson on the blackboard to eleven grinning faces, all anticipating Timmy’s punchline.

“Lake Erie!” he said, sending them all into laughter.

Heather did her best to look stern, cutting him off before he could get on a roll. “Timmy, what did we say about appropriate times to make jokes?”

Timmy tried to look repentant, but it only gave him an endearing pixie effect.

“Right, everyone to learning stations,” Heather said, keeping her momentum. “You know where to go?”

A chorus of voices chirped Yes as Heather turned on a quiet Mozart fugue. She glanced at the clock; not long before lunch. “Remember, you can talk to your partner, but keep your voices low. Nothing louder than the music. Right, Timmy?” She gave him an extra sharp look.

“Right, Miss Luth!” he shouted, bouncing to the “Europe” station by the windows.

For all that Timmy tested her patience, he was a great kid. Funny, energetic, and sharp. Too bad he kept the latter hidden away while he played his favorite role: class clown. A pity she only had a few more weeks here; give her a school year and she’d bet she could help Timmy work up the confidence to just be himself.

Just like Cody. The man was ingrained in a role, yet so desperate to break free.

Most people grabbed the chance to reinvent themselves the minute they left home, just as she once had. The thing was, Cody had never really had that chance, not from what she could gather. Family was everything on the ranch, and the kids didn’t fly far from the nest. She wouldn’t have, either, if she’d grown up in such a utopian place.

So Cody remained stuck in that role—except maybe when he was off the ranch and at her door. She pictured him there, on the threshold to a different persona: the real Cody, emerging like an overcautious turtle from its shell. The Cody nobody knew. She had gotten a few glimpses of that man, and she wanted more. Parting from him that morning had been like breaking their first kiss. It hurt, as if she were up a mountain, struggling to breathe in thin air. She’d had to fight back the feeling with a couple of long yoga breaths. She did the same now, extending the inhale and finding that yes, Cody was somewhere near. Somehow, she could just feel it.

The memories washed over her as she checked on the youngest students, working on their map puzzles. It had been the most beautiful morning of her life, bar none. She’d never had a man kiss her that hard or that soft. Never had a man nuzzle her for a full ten minutes, as if he wanted part of her to rub onto himself. She’d never had a man look into her eyes like he was looking into a crystal ball. And she’d never, ever had that feeling of completion before. That was the stuff of fairy tales, not real life—and certainly not her life.

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