Way of the Wild by Francesca McMahon

Author:Francesca McMahon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MacInk Publishing

26

JAMIE

Waking up alone was like a stab to the heart. The last thing Jamie remembered was the feel of soft fingers against her skin and the tickle of pine-smelling hair against her cheek. Now she was completely alone. Not even Alicaster was beside her.

It wasn’t a dream, was it? Jamie wondered as she slowly got dressed for the day.

When she had her jumper halfway off, she found herself shivering from a cold draft. Taking it off quickly, she went to grab her clean shirt when she caught sight of Artemis in the tent’s entrance.

“Ah!” She grabbed her clean shirt to cover her bare self with. “Close the door, Artemis.”

Artemis tilted her head. Jamie internally chastised herself. She kept forgetting Artemis couldn’t understand her. Thankfully, on hearing her name, the wild-woman came fully into the tent, letting the flap of material drop behind her.

With her back to Artemis, Jamie set about putting on her bra and shirt as speedily as she could. Which, considering her injured hands, wasn’t easy. After snapping herself with the bra strap and punching herself in the head when putting on the shirt, she finally was dressed. Changed, she turned to face Artemis who, to her surprise, was holding up her discarded jumper. Her eyes were curious as she turned it this way and that.

“Would you like to try it on?” Artemis glanced up at her with a frown. “Right … uh, how to do this…”

Crawling forward on her knees, Jamie came to Artemis’s side and reached out for the jumper. Artemis gave it to her after a moment’s hesitation. With a smile, Jamie held the head hole up to Artemis’s face and waited for permission. Artemis bowed her head towards her.

Gently, Jamie slid the jumper over her head, making sure to not move too fast and spook her. Artemis stayed quiet the whole time. Her gaze never left Jamie, those all-seeing green eyes watching as Jamie helped her into the jumper.

Jamie took extra care in tugging the jumper over Artemis’s torso. With so much bare skin, she didn’t want to accidentally brush anything she shouldn’t. A final tug at the hem had the jumper fully in place.

“There,” Jamie said with a smile. “You look great.”

She raised her fingers up to untuck the hair that was caught beneath the collar. As she did, she finally locked eyes with the woman in front of her, and her fingers froze at the edges of Artemis’s hair.

Jamie hadn’t realised how close she’d gotten until her nose was brushing the tip of Artemis’s. A soft puff of air brushed against her lips as she gazed deeply into the green in front of her, noticing specks of grey within them. A hand came up to rest gently on the fingers that still held the tips of Artemis’s hair. The stayed like that until—

“Knock, knock.” The two women jumped as the tent entrance opened and a smiling Ritchie appeared. “Hey, breakfast is— Oh.”

Jamie moved away from Artemis instantly, but the rise of Ritchie’s eyebrow was enough for her to know she would likely be facing some questions later.

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