The Erotic Dark by Nina Lane

Author:Nina Lane [Lane, Nina]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2012-03-05T08:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

Lydia pressed her thighs hard against the horse’s flanks, easing the animal into a gallop so rapid and smooth it felt as if they were flying. Wind whipped through her loose hair and surged hot and sweet against her skin. Her body flowed with the horse’s rhythmic movements as if they were one being, bounding unfettered over the lush grounds. A sense of wild freedom streamed through her blood, driving away all remnants of despair.

When they began to near the edge of the swamplands, she reined in Sugarfoot and turned. Gabriel was approaching astride Pirate, his body moving with a similar ease as the horse galloped toward them. He reined in beside her with a smile, his green eyes bright with the exhilaration of a good ride, his dark hair tousled.

Lydia looked at him, wondering not for the first time how such a seemingly kind man could ever possess a criminal past. Without thinking, she reached out to brush away a dried leaf clinging to his thick hair.

“I’ll race you back, but you don’t get a head start this time,” he said.

“Okay, but…” Lydia wanted him to answer a question that had been lingering at the back of her mind, but she couldn’t gather the courage to voice it.

“But what?” Gabriel asked.

Lydia shook her head, breaking her gaze from his intent expression. Sugarfoot stomped and snorted restlessly beneath her, and she patted the horse’s neck in a soothing motion.

“Nothing,” she muttered.

She shifted in the saddle with a bit of discomfort, as the welts on her thighs and bottom continued to sting. She had questioned the wisdom of attempting to ride only a few days after enduring the lashes of Preston’s whip, but nothing would keep her from the freedom of riding. She had so few moments of liberty that she was determined to make the most of each and every one.

“You okay?” Gabriel asked, noticing her little writhings.

Lydia nodded, but reached beneath the elastic waistband of her jodhpurs to rub at a particularly thick welt. She took a deep breath of hot, humid air, surprised to discover she was rather enjoying the mild stinging sensations that covered her bottom.

Ah well, a good, long horseback ride never failed to do wonders for her constant confusion of carnal pleasure, need, shame, and pain. Somehow, it all seemed strangely gratifying when she was galloping unhindered over the plantation grounds.

Riding Sugarfoot also heartened her soul, filling her with the knowledge of hope and the ever-present reminder that she was extremely fortunate to be sheltered at this plantation. It made her remember this pervertedly erotic use of her body was a privilege compared to what she would have had to endure beyond the boundaries of La Nouvelle Vie.

“Ready, then?” Gabriel asked.

Lydia nodded, digging her heels into Sugarfoot’s flanks. “On the count of three. One, two…”

With a mischievous chuckle, she propelled the horse forward before finishing the count, laughing at Gabriel’s surprised expression as Sugarfoot began pounding back toward the stables.

“You’ll pay for that, Lydia!” Gabriel shouted behind her as he urged Pirate after them with increasingly rapid strides.

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