Written in the Wind by Kathryn Kaleigh

Author:Kathryn Kaleigh
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kathryn Kaleigh

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NATHAN

No.

This could not be happening again.

Ignoring my cousins, I followed Sophia into the mist.

At first I heard her footsteps.

But she was too far ahead of me.

I couldn’t see her in the misty moonlight.

Biscuit barked and raced forward, following her also.

And then all I could hear was my cousins’ loud voices.

I wanted to yell at them to shut up. But I couldn’t see them.

And since they already thought I was a madman, I chose not to add fuel to the fire.

Instead, I rushed forward, toward the house, the way Sophia had gone, Biscuit behind her.

I would find her.

Biscuit howled and I kept going.

Finally I could see the house up ahead. Illuminated by candlelight.

But I saw no sign of Sophia.

None.

Then I saw Biscuit coming back toward me. Reaching me, he licked my fingers, then kept going, back toward the garçonnière.

The empty expanse of lawn and gardens glowed in the moonlight.

I stopped and slowly turned around, but I already knew she wasn’t here.

It was a cruel joke that time played on us.

I could still feel her lips on mine. Her soft body pressed against mine.

I would live on it the rest of my life if I had to.

In the meantime, I would turn over every rock to find her.

I had grown good at waiting.

Seeing her again. Touching her. Kissing her. Had merely added to my resolve.

I’d thought I was in love before.

But now…

Now… oh my…

Now I had her taste… her scent… to add to my memories. My longing.

There was no denying now. Not to anyone.

I didn’t care if my cousins thought I was crazy.

Perhaps I was.

I was in love with an apparition.

It was the card I’d drawn.

I wasn’t stuck spending my life with some woman I didn’t love.

Knowing it could be far worse, I would manage.

I kept walking, knowing… believing that she was here somewhere.

But my cousin, Marvin, intercepted me.

“What are you about?” he asked. Even from here I could smell the alcohol on him.

“Just taking a stroll,” I said, not wanting to engage with my cousin.

Marvin elbowed his companion—a man I had not seen before.

“I told you,” Marvin said in a loud whisper. “He’s daft.”

“He doesn’t look insane,” the other fellow said, peering at me from equally drunken eyes. “He seems quite nice.”

Marvin shoved at his friend, the two of them nearly falling down together, catching each other before they hit the ground.

Rolling my eyes, I walked around them. I had no time for such nonsense.

I was looking for the love of my life.

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