Blood From a Stone (187 page)

S
he
bent
o
v
e
r
,
l
au
g
h
i
ng p
l
a
y
f
u
ll
y be
f
o
r
e
pu
lli
ng h
i
s
z
i
pper
open
w
it
h
her
t
ee
t
h,  and 
t
hen 
r
eached  do
w
n 
a
nd qu
i
c
k
l
y
r
e
m
o
v
ed h
i
s shoes, and s
li
d h
i
s pan
t
s do
w
n h
i
s
m
u
s
cu
l
ar
t
h
i
g
hs
and
o
f
f
h
i
s
f
ee
t
,
unab
l
e
t
o
t
a
k
e
h
e
r e
y
es
fr
om
t
he
r
ock  ha
r
d
l
en
g
t
h
of
h
i
m
,
s
t
and
i
ng  at
a
tt
en
ti
on
f
or
her a
l
one.

S
he
s
li
d
do
w
n
a
l
ong
t
he
l
en
g
t
h
of
h
i
s
body
w
it
h
f
e
li
ne
g
r
ace,
and
t
hen
s
t
a
rt
ed
at
h
i
s
k
nees
k
i
ss
i
ng
a
pa
t
h up
w
a
r
d
t
o
w
a
r
d
her
des
ti
na
ti
on
w
h
i
ch
l
ay
at
t
he
j
unc
t
u
r
e
of
h
i
s
l
e
g
s.
H
e
g
asped
as
she
fi
na
ll
y
r
eached
t
he
g
oa
l
,
t
a
k
i
ng
hi
m
i
n
t
o
her
m
ou
t
h
and
sa
v
o
ri
ng
t
he
sa
lt
y
s
w
eet
t
as
t
e
of
h
i
s
s
k
i
n
benea
t
h her
t
on
g
ue.

S
he
ho
v
e
r
ed
t
he
r
e
f
or
a
w
h
il
e
be
f
o
r
e
he
fi
na
ll
y pu
ll
ed her
up
and
o
ff
.
H
e
w
an
t
ed
t
he
fir
st
ti
m
e
t
hey d
i
d
t
h
i
s
t
o be as he
’
d
en
v
i
s
i
oned,
w
it
h
her
l
y
i
ng
w
a
r
m
and
g
l
o
w
i
n
g
,
b
e
nea
t
h h
i
s
s
tr
ong
bod
y
,  en
v
e
l
oped  co
m
p
l
e
t
e
l
y
i
n
a
l
l
t
he
lo
v
e
and ph
y
s
i
cal
sensa
ti
on he cou
l
d pour
fr
om
h
i
m
se
l
f
i
n
t
o he
r
.

H
e
r
o
ll
ed
her
o
v
er
and
g
en
tl
y
l
a
i
d
her
back a
g
a
i
nst
t
he p
ill
o
w
s,
r
each
i
ng be
t
w
een
t
he
i
r
bod
i
es
t
o
t
ease
her
w
it
h h
i
s
fi
n
g
e
r
s
be
f
o
r
e
en
t
e
ri
ng s
l
o
w
l
y
,
as
h
i
s
li
ps descended on he
r
s.
H
er
l
ong
l
e
g
s
w
r
apped
a
r
ound
h
i
s
back and
he
r
each
e
d beh
i
nd her
pu
lli
ng
her
body
c
l
oser
t
o h
i
m
,
i
f
t
hat
w
as
e
v
en poss
i
b
l
e.

H
e
m
o
v
ed
w
it
h
he
r
,
g
r
ace
f
u
ll
y  and
s
l
o
w
l
y
,
t
he
i
r bod
i
es
en
t
w
i
ned
as
one
f
or
w
hat
see
m
ed
an
e
t
e
r
n
it
y
.
F
i
na
l
l
y he
b
r
o
k
e
fr
ee
fr
om
t
he
i
r
k
i
ss
and
m
o
v
ed
m
o
r
e
of
h
i
s
w
e
i
g
ht
t
o h
i
s
k
nees,
and
t
hen
r
eached
up
t
o
p
i
n
her
w
ri
s
t
s
a
g
a
i
nst
t
he bed on e
it
her
s
i
de
of
her
head, possess
i
v
e
l
y
…and
y
e
t
g
en
tl
y enou
g
h
t
hat
she
cou
l
d
b
r
eak
fr
ee
at
any
m
o
m
en
t
.
H
i
s
e
y
es bo
r
ed
i
n
t
o he
r
s
w
it
h a bu
r
n
i
ng
i
n
t
ens
it
y
.