Heart's Surrender by Rosanne Bittner

Author:Rosanne Bittner
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: e9781682303337
Publisher: Diversion Books
Published: 2016-02-01T05:00:00+00:00

In the wee hours of the morning when little Jonas stirred and cried, Andrea awakened, aching and tired from strenuous lovemaking with her husband. Quietly, she slipped out of the bed and pulled on her robe, then went into an adjoining washroom, to sponge off her body, so recently touched and tasted by her husband. Then she quickly changed the baby, picked him up, and sat down in a rocker to feed him. She studied her beautiful little son, who, it was evident, would be as strong and handsome as his father. And she closed her eyes then, and prayed—for Adam and for the courage and wisdom they would both need in the days ahead.

Never once had she regretted marrying her Cherokee man, no matter what horrors lay ahead for them. She would have it no other way. She knew he felt guilty about putting her in this situation, and smiled at what a foolish thing it was for him to feel that way. How she loved Adam Chandler! Her heart ached not for her own danger, but for the Cherokee, for Adam. Such a good man he was, so intelligent, so kind; normally a peace-loving, Christian man. The whites were bringing out a side of him that would ordinarily have remained dormant. She could see anger building in him, desperation and hatred and a need for vengeance. That worried her more than anything. She knew he’d meant it when he’d said he’d never allow anyone to hurt her. She couldn’t allow herself to think about what that could mean. She forced back the thought of Douglas Means, the worry over where that man was at this moment. She wondered sometimes what had ever happened to Mary, but that didn’t matter anymore. It was Mary who had caused Andrea’s exile to the north. She would never forgive Mary Means for that.

Jonas finished feeding, and she placed him in the cradle, covered him. Then she removed her robe and crawled back into bed, wanting to feel her naked body against Adam’s. As she snuggled close to him he stirred, then turned over, more asleep than awake as he pulled her against him.

His hands began to move over her, his eyes still closed. He whispered her name and kissed her hair, slowly awakening, enjoying the soft warmth and sweet comfort of being suspended between sleep and wakefulness in a warm bed in the early morning, his woman beside him. It had been so long since he’d had her this way. For the moment he had depleted his worry and rage in that one fit of weeping against his wife’s breast, and somehow he felt stronger, more at peace. How would he have borne any of this without his Andrea? he wondered.

He gently moved over her, vaguely remembering taking her in one hard, nearly violent intercourse hours before. Poor Andrea. She put up with so much. His lips moved over her neck and shoulder, down to her breasts, which he sucked gently, tasting some of the milk meant for his son.

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