Wolf's Oath (After the Crash 3.25) by Maddy Barone

Author:Maddy Barone
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2013-10-18T04:00:00+00:00

Connie wouldn’t have described herself as skittish. Skittish was a prissy word, and Connie wasn’t prissy. She wasn’t stupid either. Sleeping in her jeans would be uncomfortable. She marched to the closet and found three pairs of sweatpants, and two long-sleeved T-shirts and two short-sleeved T-shirts. She picked a pair of sweats and one of the long-sleeved T-shirts. She quickly pulled off her jeans and shirt, and put Des’ clothes on. Looking at them closely told her they weren’t like the knits from her time. It was another reminder that home was gone forever. A few pairs of thick wool socks were neatly rolled in the back of the shelf. They were too big, but she put one pair on anyway. She folded her clothes neatly and put them on an empty shelf in the closet. There was another door, but when she tried to turn the doorknob she found it was either stuck or locked. Probably a nonfunctioning bathroom from the Times Before.

It was cold in here, as cold as her room back at the Plane Women’s House would be. Last night was the first night she’d woken feeling comfortable in this new world. She might want to keep a little distance from Des, but his body heat was simply too alluring. Not to mention his scent. Having sex with him would be easy. How many times had she privately drooled over that perfect body? But she didn’t want to have meaningless sex ever again.

She crossed the frigid room to the bed and sat down. In the months after Paul’s death her grief and loneliness had driven her to do stupidly desperate things. Once she’d tried to find comfort in bed with a visiting pilot. He would be on base only one night before flying back out and all she wanted was one night of passion with someone she could connect with. He hadn’t comforted her. Maybe he’d tried, but all she felt the next morning was sordid shame and she was glad when he’d left.

She’d done the same thing a month later with a man she felt she knew well, one she respected. He was transferring back to the States in a month, and she thought they’d have a good time until then. She found passion with him, but no connection. She hadn’t wanted a commitment from him, just some sort of bond, however brief and superficial it might be. His attitude in the following days made it plain he was looking for some time in the sack, and nothing else, so she broke it off. Working with him for the next three weeks until his transfer had resulted in too many awkward silences. Staff meetings were agonizing. Even the casual friendship between them had died an icy death. She didn’t want to experience that with Des.

Of course, who said sex with Des had to be meaningless? These wolves mated for life. They could build a lasting relationship over the next forty years or so, starting tonight. Maybe.

The door opened to admit her new husband.

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