White Dawn by Susan Edwards

Author:Susan Edwards
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Amazon
Published: 2011-08-28T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

In the four weeks since John’s accident, he’d recovered amazingly well. Emily was pleased—and relieved. Each day she walked with him to help him regain his strength. Except for still using makeshift crutches that Ben had fashioned from tree branches, he was almost back to normal. And his wound was healing nicely.

Overhead, the sun trickled down between the leaves. The air was hot, still and stifling. At her side, John kept pace with her deliberately slower rhythm. She enjoyed their morning and afternoon strolls—and they had nothing else they needed to do. With Ben’s and Mary’s help, there was lots of free time to be had for all.

The quiet and easy companionship she and John had formed over the past month soothed and healed her battered heart and calmed her fraught mind. For the most part, she managed to keep fear and worry over the future at bay. It was easy to do out here, she supposed. Drawing in a deep breath, she released it slowly. Of course, sooner or later she’d have to leave this quiet, beautiful land and return to the real world. And that meant saying goodbye to John. Some of the pleasure in this outing dimmed. How could she, in so short a time, have come to rely so much on another person? Hadn’t she learned better?

He’d promised to be a friend. And he’d kept that promise. She’d never felt so close to another person in her life. Even with her mother there’d been a barrier. Timothy.

When John’s wolf raced ahead of them, Emily put the depressing thoughts from her mind and gave herself over to the moment. There would be time enough later to worry over the future and examine her feelings for John.

Fang ran into the shallows and rolled on his back, then leaped to his feet and loped back to them, dripping water. Emily yelped when the beast shook himself off with a delighted bark.

John waved the wolf away. “Outta here, mutt,” he said in a growl. But Emily heard the laughter in his voice.

“I notice he didn’t spray you with water,” she grumbled, though not really put out. In fact, she felt slightly cooler and wished she could just strip down and swim. But those days of going about as she pleased were over. In truth, if given the choice again between a silent lover who would show her a new freedom she’d never even dreamed of, or the friendship and pleasant companionship John offered, she’d choose John. Having someone to talk to, someone with whom to share ideas was more valuable than being able to spend afternoons swimming lazily in the water with a man who looked like a god.

Fang barked again, as if urging them to hurry. Emily’s laughter rang out. “Patience, wolf. Your master cannot run about.”

The animal, frustrated that no one would play with him, cocked his furry head to the side, then lunged toward one of John’s crutches. John whipped the crutch out of reach and easily blocked the jumping animal.

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