Southern Stars by Melissa Good

Author:Melissa Good [Melissa Good]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781619293496
Amazon: B076QDLBN3
Goodreads: 35554300
Publisher: Regal Crest Enterprises
Published: 2017-10-19T03:00:00+00:00

THE NEXT THING Dar knew it was morning, and there was a faint pink light catching the edges of their shelter. She was half on her back with her head pillowed on one of their day bags, Kerry pressing up next to her still asleep.

She blinked a few times, surprised she’d slept through the night. She looked around the little campsite and saw the rest had done so as well.

It was quiet, and across from her she could see the faint glow from the banked fire that had burned down, and the air held a damp chill. She heard wind whistling through the stone walls, and far off, the waterfall hitting the ground across the valley.

Kerry stirred and rolled over, hiking herself up on her elbows as she regarded their surroundings. “Morning.”

“Morning,” Dar said. “That wasn’t completely awful.”

“Wasn’t completely awful.” Kerry sat up and twisted her body back and forth. “Want to take a walk?” She lifted one of their day bags and looked at Dar in question. “Be the first at the watering hole?”

Dar nodded and gave her a thumbs-up.

They both stood up, trying hard to be quiet, and walked around the rest of the sleeping camp to step over the cooler, and emerge into the canyon. The sun wasn’t yet visible, but the sky was painted in golds and corals, and the effect on the stark landscape made them both stop and just look.

“Wow.” Kerry took in a breath of the cool air.

They continued walking, crossing the center and turning up toward the water, the pressure of its passing having carved out a little channel overnight.

There were birds overhead, and Dar glanced up at them as they drew close to the pool near the wall. She felt the spray, carried with the wind, dampen her face. “What a difference a morning makes,” she said, holding out one hand to catch the water.

Kerry smiled, and put the day bag down, going over and putting her own hands under the flow, testing its temperature. “That’s not actually too bad.” She stripped out of her jacket and put it on the rock then studied the water. “Its less than yesterday.”

“No rain last night.” Dar also removed her jacket. “I think I feel like a shower,” she said.

Kerry quickly looked around. “Um.” She glanced back to find Dar removing her shoes. “You know, hon...” She started to say, then stopped, deciding on a slight shrug instead. “You know what? Me too.”

Dar grinned and pulled her shirt off, then her pants, then she removed a tube of the biodegradable soap they’d brought and stepped under the water. It was cool, and made her inhale sharply, but she squeezed a bit of the soap out and scrubbed her skin with a sense of pleasure.

Though she’d spent most of the previous day damp it felt good to get clean, and a moment later it felt even better as Kerry joined her and took the tube from her hand. She smiled as their bodies pressed against each other and she reached around to scrub Kerry’s back as her partner did the same for her.

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