Island of the Swans by Ciji Ware

Author:Ciji Ware
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2012-05-30T02:28:21+00:00

Two hours later, Alex returned from the festivities downstairs and found his wife splayed on the floor near their bed, huddled over the chamber pot, losing the last of the elegant meal they’d served to the departing officers of the 71st Fraser Highlanders.

“My poor darling,” he said. To Jane, his sympathetic words sounded hollow. Obviously, he hadn’t the slightest idea of what it felt like to long for death.

Jane’s eyes followed Alex listlessly as he reached for a linen towel and dipped it in cool water from the pitcher on a small table near the velvet-curtained window. He wiped the sour taste from her lips and patted dry the beads of clammy perspiration from her forehead, lifting her gently to the bed. Then he stripped her of her gown and undergarments. His hands lingered a moment on the soft mound of her belly. She closed her eyes to blot out the gesture from her sight. Soon she heard him removing his own clothing. She waited apprehensively as she felt his body slipping next to hers between the linen bed clothes.

A heavy cloak of misery settled over Jane as Alex gently gathered her in his arms. The room was filled with silence. His body relaxed against hers and he sighed. Slowly he stroked her hair and whispered, “Sleep… just sleep, my dear. By morning, he’ll be gone and all will be well.”

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