Fall (Hold Book 3) by Claire Kent

Author:Claire Kent
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2016-11-12T20:00:00+00:00

Six

A few weeks later, Lenna woke up shivering.

She was pressed up against the wall of the cave, clinging to a piece of animal skin that barely covered her body, and her teeth were chattering so hard it woke her up.

As she turned over, she knew what had happened. Rone must have rolled over and taken all the covers with him.

She tugged at the corner of animal skin as hard as she could, pulling enough to make Rone grunt and roll over onto his back. Then she scooted over closer to him so she could cover herself up and take advantage of the heat from his body.

It must be almost time for them to get up, but they’d had a major snow storm three days ago, and so they’d been stuck in the cave since then. A few of the men had dug their way out enough to dispose of waste, but no one else had left the cave in three days.

There was no sense in hurrying to get up this morning.

Her attempt to claim more covers woke Rone up. He was shifting beside her now and clearing his throat. Her teeth still chattering, she moved even closer to him, pleased when he rolled onto his side and wrapped his arms around her.

“Lenna cold,” she whispered through her shivering.

“Lenna cold like ice.” He tightened his arms, evidently concerned by the fact that she was shivering so intensely. “No good.”

She’d finally learned enough of the language to realize that it did include similes, which was their primary method of describing feelings. “Rone stole blankets.”

He huffed in amusement and rubbed her back and her arms for a few minutes until she finally stopped shivering.

When she was able to relax, she adjusted her position so she was lying more comfortably against him. Feeling a wave of familiarity and affection, she pressed a little kiss against his chest. “Lenna warm now. Glad Rone here.”

He nuzzled her hair. “Glad Lenna here. Lenna home.”

She’d never been exactly sure what the last word he said meant. She’d heard it only occasionally, and Desh had told her he thought it meant home.

Her chest and belly started to flutter in a very strange way at the words and the hoarseness of Rone’s voice. No matter how much she appreciated him, it wasn’t like she could really fall in love with him. She knew he was intelligent—probably the smartest man in this cave other than Desh—but his life, his world, was so much smaller, simpler, harsher than hers.

This just wasn’t her home. She would always be a stranger here.

She’d known Rone for more than three months now—been his mate for more than two. And yet she still knew so little about him.

For some reason, this fact bothered her a lot, so she sorted through her vocabulary in her mind for a minute until she was able to ask, “Where cave Rone born?”

He turned his head to peer at her face, clearly surprised by the question.

She tried again, making sure she enunciated correctly, in case he hadn’t understood.

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