Skyclad by Max Ellendale

Author:Max Ellendale [Ellendale, Max]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Max Ellendale
Published: 2015-07-04T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Most of the nights in October were spent grading papers and tests in the back room in Mae's shop. With Halloween at our doorstep, the tourist demand picked up exponentially. I believed Mae when she told me that Halloween was her busiest season, I just didn't understand what busy meant. Customers flooded the store all day and well into the night. Liz, Jax, Opal, and several others worked in varied shifts while the intuitives' sessions tripled. Mae provided oversight but I noticed she wasn't giving any readings lately. Tonight, she planned to keep the shop open until midnight and the same on Halloween.

The storefront made me feel like I waltzed through a Halloween wonderland every day. While I sat on the floor, surrounded by papers that all deserved C's at best, Mae bounced into the room.

"So what are you going to dress up as tomorrow?" She tugged the edges of a giant floppy hat that she wore. I laughed softly at her.

"Could you possibly be a bigger hippie right now?"

"I could skip shaving everything for a few weeks," she said, dropping to her knees in front of me. "And I mean everything, just so you know." Her brow flicked upward as she glared at me from beneath the hat.

"I retract my question." A grin spread across my lips when she kissed me. "You taste like chocolate."

"I've been eating it all day." She wagged her brows at me. "Want some?"

"You're acting really strange," I said, snickering softly at her playfulness.

"I think I'm sugar high," she said, shuffling some papers out of the way to sit cross-legged opposite me. "Gimmie your hands." She held hers out to me, palms up.

"Did Liz slip you some liquor candy?" I placed my hands on top of hers.

"Mmm. Maybe." Mae closed her eyes as she held my hands. "Now hush."

"What are you doing?"

"Shh."

"Mae—"

"Shhh."

"Okay, okay." I quieted and let Mae do whatever she was doing. Our knees pressed together and Mae rested her hands between us. She remained steady and her breathing slowed. In the quiet, I took in her presence. Smooth pink lips, countless freckles, tucked within her endless hair and floppy hat. The way her airy shirt hung over her breasts, nipples faintly visible beneath. She smiled, a gentle playful smile that told me on some level, she was paying attention to me. The delicate curve of her chin, the soft skin of her neck. Why? Why did she draw me in like this?

"You take my breath away," the words spilled from my lips in an unprovoked confession.

Mae's smile sharpened though she didn't speak. Instead, she brought my hands to her lips and kissed each of my knuckles, pulling me forward to rest her forehead against mine. Beneath the hat, like a canopy, she opened her eyes.

"I have to tell you something." She bit her bottom lip. "But not yet."

"Okay," I said through a chuckle. Mae cupped my face in her hands, stroking her thumbs over my cheeks. I held on to her wrists, melting into her affections.

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