Reluctant Enemies by Vivian Vaughan

Author:Vivian Vaughan
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781626818507
Publisher: Diversion Books
Published: 1994-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Eleven

“I like the way you finally answered my question.”

Will propped himself on an elbow. Drawing closer he snuggled against Priscilla’s side, felt her skin, as soft and silky as the bear pelt on which they lay. “What question’s that?”

Idly he traced an index finger over her face, feature by feature. The meager light from the oil lamp cast them in shadow.

Priscilla wriggled against him. “That you don’t need a bed.”

“All I need is you, cowboy.” And he meant it. Lordy, how he meant it. But reality pounded at the door he had closed against it in his brain. He felt her breath catch and knew she’d heard the longing in his voice. His finger trailed down her neck, across her chest.

“You’re sure?” she whispered.

“Positive.”

“I mean sure about me…about the way I…”

“If you did anything better, I’d think you were an angel sent to transport me to heaven.” His hand closed over one tender breast, stroking it gently, as though it were the finest jewel. His body sprang to life. “And I’m far from ready to leave this earth.”

“But Will, if it isn’t the way I dress and act, what is it?”

His face hovered above her. Their lips brushed when she spoke. Their breath mingled, sweet and hot. A sudden, incredible feeling took hold of him, the feeling that everything would work out, after all.

How could it not? She was an angel, a princess, everything he’d ever desired, and more. She was things he’d never dreamed of a woman being. One of his mother’s favorite quotes popped to mind, “The Lord works in mysterious ways, His wonders to perform.”

But their way wasn’t mysterious; it was treacherous. Horrendous. Disastrous. Even if they remained forever inside this strange and foreign world of the Apache, even if they never left this wickiup, things couldn’t work out for them, because in his heart he knew the truth.

And this was one truth that would not set him free. This was one truth that would destroy the precious bit of heaven he held in his arms.

“Let’s not ruin tonight, Miss Priss.” He drew her close and loved her with a passion made hotter by the fact that the embers were about to be extinguished for all time.

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