Rising Tides by Hooley Maria Rachel

Author:Hooley, Maria Rachel [Hooley, Maria Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2009-07-25T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

As Tyler drove home from the airport, I leaned on his shoulder and closed my eyes, feeling the fatigue wrap tightly around me. I wanted to fight it because I knew it was just another symptom that grew every day. The blackness pushed me deeper until a dream surfaced from the darkness into a blue ocean lullaby. Above, I could see sunlight streaming down, the rays touching a school of fish as it swam close to the surface.

I thrust my arms out in front of me and propelled myself through the cool water. My hair shimmered around me like strands of dark silk, billowing with each rippling movement. I looked to the ocean floor strewn with anemones, shells, and other beautiful things.

Fingers touched my shoulders, gently massaging the muscles right around my neck. I turned and saw Tyler hovering above me. The sand dollar floated around his neck, dangling toward me. The sunlight spilled around him, turning his skin a deeper gold. My eyes met his and saw the deep blue stirring there, open and unblinking. His hand reached out and brushed under my chin, drawing my mouth to his. I felt his lips against mine, and then the air that he blew into my mouth. He was breathing for me. The panic suddenly seized me as I realized I was drowning. I started to struggle.

Tyler grabbed me, pressed me against his body, swimming to the surface.

Blackness.

“Kelly?” Tyler said. His voice sounded hazy and distant. A hand touched my forehead, peeling more of the sluggish dream away. I opened my eyes to find him leaning over me as I lay on the passenger seat. He slid his arms underneath me and gently picked me up.

“I can walk,” I protested, despite the fatigue and the desire to remain lying against him.

Tyler kissed my forehead. “I know you can, love. I just like the way you feel. You’re soft and light, like a feather.” He dipped his head and brushed his nose against mine.

He shut the door with his foot and carried me inside the house to our bedroom, where he gently laid me on the bed. As I lay against the pillow, he stared at my face and brushed a strand of hair from my eyes. He leaned over my feet and pulled my shoes off, setting them both on the floor. Then he sat and took off his own shoes and shirt before stretching out beside me. I rolled to my side and he molded himself against me.

“I knew you’d want to fly,” he said as he pulled the rubber band from my hair and slowly unwound my long braid, running his fingers through the strands as he freed them. “I knew you’d want it just as badly I as once did.”

“That made one of us. For a while, I was tempted to bolt in the other direction.” I closed my eyes and savored the feel of his fingers gently working through my hair. Because the windows were open, I heard the tide crashing to shore in wild abandon, the water caressing the sand.

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