However Long the Night: Master Chronicles 9 by Jamie Craig

Author:Jamie Craig
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: BDSM, Vampires, Gay, Menage
ISBN: 9781602728950
Publisher: Amber Quill Press, LLC
Published: 2009-02-12T13:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 11

A deep red sky greeted Jesse almost as soon as he closed his eyes. He recognized it immediately, and knew there wasn’t anything to fear. The deep red bled to the trees and the ground at Jesse’s feet. It was a trick of the light, he knew, from the sun dying on the horizon. The big ball of red fire never seemed to set. Or if it did, Jesse always managed to show up just after it began to rise. All of the blossoms on the trees were white and easily absorbed the light, and the rocks on the ground were white, too.

He was there to find her, but it always felt like she found him first. Like she was expecting him and she always knew just where to wait. This time, she was under one of those blossoming trees, letting the flowers fall on her shoulders. Her blonde hair caught the red light, too, and held it. The symbolism was obvious to Jesse, but he chose not to analyze these dreams too closely. They were more comforting if he didn’t pick apart the symbolism and metaphors and the anxiety just under the surface. The dying sun also colored her skin a nice shade of pink. A shade that didn’t seem unnatural at all. When he looked into her eyes, he saw twin red globes.

Her smile was the same, though.

“Hey, you,” Jesse greeted.

“Hey, you,” Emma repeated. She caught his hand and

pulled him back beneath the shade. The first contact of her skin always shocked him with how cold she was, but she never failed to warm within seconds of touching her hands. “You’re late today.”

“I almost didn’t make it at all. I’ve been really busy.

Gideon made me go to sleep, though.”

“Of course, he did.” In the shadows, her eyes returned to

their warm brown, smiling along with her mouth as she

reached up and touched his face. “It makes it easier being

apart because I know he’s taking care of you.”

Jesse lowered himself to the ground, folding his legs

neatly, and pulled her down beside him. She fit against the

side of his body like she had never left that spot, and he could

smell her hair. It didn’t actually smell the same as he

remembered, which was the least bizarre thing about these

recurring dreams.

“How are you doing?” Jesse asked. “Are you okay?” Emma plucked at a fold in her skirt. “Mostly. Today

wasn’t good, though. The girl that usually comes to help me

bathe didn’t show up.”

“Oh? Why do you need a girl to help you bathe?” Jesse

didn’t always know what Emma meant when she spoke to

him, but that didn’t matter too much. He was just happy to

hear her voice.

“Because of the cuffs, silly.” She nudged him with her

bare foot. There were goose bumps on her leg where her skirt

didn’t protect her from the evening chill, but it never seemed

to bother her. “You of all people should know how hard it is to

move in those things.”

“Oh.” Jesse’s heart dropped and he pulled Emma into a

tighter, more protective embrace.

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