Rumplestiltskin by Jenni James

Rumplestiltskin by Jenni James

Author:Jenni James
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: YA, clean fiction, fairy tale, Young Adult
ISBN: 1624820492
Publisher: StoneHouse Ink
Published: 2013-01-30T08:00:00+00:00


CHAPTER THIRTEEN

IT WAS SEVERAL MINUTES after Rumplestiltskin and Aubrynn had eaten and while they were again preparing for another long night of spinning straw into gold that Rumple surprised Aubrynn, as she was placing another pile of straw next to the spindle, by capturing up her palm and wrapping a long narrow strip of fabric around it.

“Where did you acquire such a thing?” she asked, fascinated with how well he managed to wrap the strip around her hand and then each finger and back around her palm again.

“I tore it from one of the blankets.” He looped the loose end and tied it off, securing it to one of the other straps around her hand. Once done, he repeated the process again with her other fingers.

She inspected his handiwork all around and then smiled. “Thank you. I believe you may have saved me.”

Rumple grinned and leaned crookedly upon the spindle. “So, when you are queen will I be granted knight status?”

“If I am ever queen you will be given the grandest chamber in this house—mark my words!”

His smile fell. Slowly his eyes took in her every feature. If things were different, it would be he who would be marrying her soon. His heart began to thump quite strangely and hollowly within his chest.

Aubrynn took a step closer. “What? What is it?” Her cloth-covered hands reached up and held his arms. “What have I said to bring such a look upon your face?”

He shook his head slightly to chase the silliness away. “’Tis nothing.”

She tugged on his sleeves, her eyes searching his. “Falsehoods do not become you, my dear. Have I said or done something that has triggered such an awful memory to show itself upon your features? Rumplestiltskin, I promise, whatever it is—whatever I have said—I did not mean to harm you further than you have obviously been harmed. You, you of all the people in the world do not deserve such treatment from me; especially after all you have done—”

“Hush.” He placed a finger upon her soft lips to silence her. “You have done nothing wrong. It is life that has intruded upon my thoughts, nothing more.” His thumb gently brushed against her bottom lip.

“Kiss me,” she said against his hand.

He chuckled. “You are intent on surprising me at every turn, are you not?” His fingers spayed across her jaw as his thumb continued to caress her mouth.

“Rumplestiltskin, kiss me now, you fool.”

His serious eyes met hers. “I am a fool. I am fool for wanting to be here the longer I am with you. I imagine soon, I shall never want to leave you.”

“What?” Confusion marred her sweet features. “Will you leave me soon? Please do not leave me. What would I do without you?”

“Shh…” He brought his mouth down to capture hers, kissing her tenderly. “I would never leave you. Can you not see I am completely bound to you? Just as this magic has woven and transformed straw into gold, so has your heart woven and transformed mine to forever be changed and bound to yours.



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