Rapture's Gold by Rosanne Bittner

Author:Rosanne Bittner [Bittner, Rosanne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9781682303313
Publisher: Diversion Books
Published: 2016-01-31T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Harmony wondered whether she would ever stop crying. Every day was the same. Rise, try to eat, work the sluice, fill the jars, feed Amber sometimes. The coyote seemed to be her only friend. While she went about her chores, tears came sporadically, in sudden, unexpected bursts. She wanted desperately to hate Buck Hanner, for loving him went against everything she had promised herself when she’d come out here. Yet he’d been right about whiskey making people admit the truth. It had been so easy to do then. Why was it so difficult when she was sober to say what she really felt? Was that due to fear?

The tears came again. Of course it was fear—fear of being deserted. What if she admitted she loved him? What if she dared to trust him, gave her heart and soul to Buck Hanner, and then he left her? There was no forever in Harmony Jones’s life. Forever might be for some, but it was not for many. The mountains were forever, day led to night forever. But people were not forever, and she knew that if she opened herself to Buck Hanner, if she admitted her true feelings, she would have to admit she was desperately in love with him, more in love than she’d dreamed she could be. Her desire for him was wild and passionate, despite her vow never to entertain such feelings for a man.

Day in and day out she worked, and she argued with herself. She loved him, but she shouldn’t. She trusted him, but she shouldn’t. She wanted him, but she shouldn’t. And through it all she saw his handsome, tanned, rugged face; his bright smile; his sky-blue eyes; his thick, sandy hair; and his broad, muscular shoulders. She could feel his strong arms around her, protecting her, keeping her safe from all harm. She could taste his sweet kisses; she shuddered with rapture at the memory of his velvet touch in secret places. Only Buck Hanner had seen and touched those places. That knowledge gave her a warm feeling that made her cheeks redden. She knew deep in her soul that what he had done meant she belonged to him, and she liked the idea of belonging to him. Yet that thought brought back her old fears.

On and on her thoughts whirled, in a vicious circle. Buck Hanner had awakened cravings in her that must now be satisfied. One night had not been enough. Her curiosity had been temporarily satisfied, but doing so had awakened her passion. That was what must be satisfied.

Yes, she must admit she had enjoyed his touch, his tender kisses. She hadn’t even minded the pain all that much. It was gone now, and that softened the memory of its severity. Could he be right when he said it hurts less each time? Surely it was true. Doing some things for the first time did cause pain, but after you got used to doing them, the pain usually went away. And there had been such a pitiful sorrow in his eyes when he’d realized he’d hurt her.

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