Bells of Avalon by Libbet Bradstreet

Author:Libbet Bradstreet [Bradstreet, Libbet]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-07-26T04:00:00+00:00

She paid attention as they he drove along Route 1, but by the time they turned east from the coast, it no longer seemed to matter where they were going. It turned into a warm day for December, even for a place where there were no winters. The air circled through the small cab of Daniel’s car and sent her hair streaming away from her face. The sky was cloudless. The sun shone harsh against the green and red metallic garlands adorning street lights in a weak attempt to remind them that Christmas was coming. That didn’t matter either as she rested her head against Daniel’s shoulder, watching his hand holding tightly to the steering wheel.

“C’mon, you really didn’t guess?” he asked when they parked at the marina lot. She smiled.

“No. You’re just full of tricks aren’t you?”

He pulled her from the car, slamming the door behind.

Her eyes squinted at the sun as they neared the landing. As they walked, her hand brushed against his in one shy attempt. He glanced at her and, after a short pause, took her hand in his. Her eyes adjusted just so she could read the bright red font painted alongside the boat. They boarded and watched from the deck while most of everyone else wandered inside. She felt his eyes on her as they waited to push from the harbor. He stole a string of impatient glances while her eyes remained fixed on the breakwaters that edged the shoreline. Finally, she sensed the boat shift beneath her. They began a noiseless glide from land into the bay. And suddenly, she didn’t have to be Katie Webb anymore. She could be anyone that she wanted to be—or she could simply become that exciting and fledgling part of her that had never been allowed to see the light of day. The weight on her chest dissolved. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes to soothe whatever tensions remained. When she opened her eyes, the coast was barely legible. He’d given up the charade of glancing. His eyes were set on her and his shoulders square to her body. She moved, little more than a spell. When she did, she let him pull her towards him. She breathed in the scent of him and everything that had gone wrong in New York was reconciled.

He pulled back and looked at her. He placed both hands on the side of her jaw and studied her face. She let him look as long as he wanted, and closed her eyes when he moved in to kiss her. The kiss was a tranquil thing until her body began to respond. His lips softened but moved in pressing appeals against her mouth, more urgent this time. Her material mind began to drift away and the last voice she heard told her to stop him. The pleading urge echoed through what remained of her mind…more sing-songy than ever before. But soon, even that was gone. The whole world was just them—and the sound of rushing water as it curled around the starboard side of the Santa Catalina.

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