Vengeance by Erica Stevens

Author:Erica Stevens [Stevens, Erica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: BluA
Publisher: Createspace
Published: 2015-12-29T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 18

Tempest stirred but didn’t open her eyes. She already knew William wasn’t beside her; she didn’t have to know anything more than that. A strange scraping noise pierced through to her. She tried to ignore it, but then she recalled exactly where they were and those things out there. She bolted upright; her eyes shot wildly around the cave before finding William standing by the water trickling down the cave wall.

“What’s wrong?” he demanded.

“I heard a… ah…” her voice trailed off when she spotted his bare cheek and the lower half of his jaw. Her mouth parted, then closed again when she saw the knife in his hand. “What are you doing?”

He grinned at her before dipping the knife he held into the water and lifting it to his cheek again. Across from him was a small piece of metal he was using as a mirror. While she watched, patches of hair from his beard fell away to land on the cave floor. “I’m making myself more presentable, since it’s impossible to make myself more handsome.”

A small smile curved her mouth at his unabashed confidence. A teasing gleam lit his eyes when he looked at her in the surface of the metal. He shook the blade of the knife off before dipping it into the water again.

“But why your beard?” She’d liked the way it tickled as it rubbed against her skin when they were kissing. You’re not supposed to kiss him anymore, an inner voice admonished her.

“The last time Kane saw me, I had a full beard. He may have stabbed me in the back, but he’d still recognize a redhead with a beard.”

Her smile vanished at his words; a chill slid down her spine. The calculation and intent behind the removal of his beard made her stomach turn. What would happen when they got into town? What would happen when he saw the man who ended his mortal life?

“I’m hoping he won’t recognize me now.” William placed the knife on a rock outcropping and lifted a rag to his face. He wiped away the water from his cheeks before turning to her. “What do you think?”

He looked about five years younger without the beard shadowing his face, maybe early twenties despite the lines crinkling around his vibrant eyes when he smiled at her. She didn’t think he looked more handsome. He’d been right, that was impossible, but he definitely looked more approachable.

Something within her heart swelled; she longed to run her fingers over his freshly smooth skin. At the same time something within her withered. She couldn’t stand it if his cocky grin was stomped out, and she was extremely afraid it would be if they continued on to Badwin. He’d become kinder toward her since they’d first met each other in the snow, and even though they had some sort of relationship between them, there was still one main thing driving him forward. Revenge.

“You look nice,” she murmured.

“You’re not much of an ego boost.”

“I don’t think you need one.

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