Blood From a Stone (195 page)

“Ma
y
be
w
e
can…
l
e
t‘
s
see
how
w
e
do,”
s
h
e sa
i
d p
l
a
y
f
u
ll
y
,
as
she
en
t
w
i
ned
h
i
s
l
ong ha
i
r
i
n
her
fin
g
e
r
s,
pu
l
l
i
ng h
i
m
c
l
oser
and deepen
i
ng
t
he
k
i
ss.

A
f
ew
m
o
m
en
t
s
l
a
t
er
h
i
s
li
ps
pa
rt
ed
f
rom he
r
s,
and
he
l
oosened
her  ha
i
r  and  sp
r
ead 
i
t
out
a
r
ound  her  sho
ul
de
r
s, be
f
o
r
e
l
a
y
i
ng her
back
i
n
t
he
w
a
r
m
,
s
w
irli
ng
w
a
t
e
r
.
H
e
put
h
i
s hands
beh
i
nd
her
and
c
r
ad
l
ed
her
body as
he
k
i
ssed
h
i
s
w
ay do
w
n
t
he
s
li
ppe
r
y
l
en
g
t
h
of
her
nec
k
, and ac
r
oss
th
e
g
li
s
t
en
i
ng s
k
i
n of
her
b
r
eas
t
s.

A
so
f
t
sound
escaped
her
li
ps,
as
he
d
r
a
gg
ed
one
of her
n
i
pp
l
es
i
n
t
o h
i
s
m
ou
t
h and
r
eached be
t
w
een her
l
e
g
s
w
it
h h
i
s
s
k
ill
ed
fi
n
g
e
r
s.

S
he
a
r
ched
f
o
r
w
a
r
d
t
o
m
eet
h
i
m
,
ea
g
e
rl
y
m
o
v
i
ng a
g
a
i
nst
h
i
s
hand
as
she
be
g
an
s
tr
o
k
i
ng
h
i
m benea
t
h
t
he
sudsy
w
a
t
e
r
.

A
m
o
m
ent
l
a
t
er
he
chan
g
ed
pos
iti
ons,
l
ifti
ng
her
up out
of
t
he
w
a
t
er
as
he
l
ay
back
and
r
epos
iti
oned
her
o
v
er
t
op of
h
i
m
.
S
he
s
m
il
ed
do
w
n
and
k
i
ssed h
i
s
li
ps as she s
tr
add
l
ed h
i
m
,
and
sunk do
w
n o
v
er
t
he
l
en
g
t
h of
h
i
m
.
H
i
s
hands
r
eached
f
o
r
w
a
r
d
t
o cup her
b
r
eas
t
s
as
she be
g
an
t
o
m
o
v
e.

F
ir
e
and
des
ir
e
bu
r
ned
w
it
h
w
h
it
e
hot
i
n
t
ens
it
y as
he s
li
d
h
i
s
hands
do
w
n
t
o
her
w
a
i
st
he
l
p
i
ng her
t
o
g
l
i
de
up
and do
w
n
i
n
an
a
g
e
o
l
d
dance.
H
e cou
l
d
f
eel
her
pa
l
m
s
a
g
a
i
nst
h
i
s chest
and
her
b
r
ea
t
h
ca
m
e
i
n
sha
ll
ow
g
asps
as
she
n
ea
r
ed her pea
k
.

H
e
be
g
an
t
o
m
o
v
e
benea
t
h
he
r
,
t
eas
i
ng
her
w
it
h
t
he pad
of
h
i
s
fi
n
g
e
r
,
and
m
a
t
ch
i
ng her
e
v
e
r
y
m
o
v
e.
A
f
ew
m
o
m
en
t
s
l
a
t
er
she
c
ri
ed
ou
t
,
r
each
i
ng up
t
o
lif
t
h
e
r
ha
i
r
o
f
f
her neck
as
she
d
i
d.
S
he
l
oo
k
ed
li
k
e
a
w
e
t
,
g
o
l
den
g
od
d
ess
t
he
r
e on
t
op
of
h
i
m
i
n
t
hat
m
o
m
ent
and
he
bu
ri
ed
h
i
m
se
l
f
as
deep as he
cou
l
d
g
o,
be
f
o
r
e
exp
l
od
i
ng
i
n
t
o
w
hat
f
e
l
t
li
k
e
a
m
illi
on
sha
r
ds
of
sensa
ti
on.

H
e
cau
g
ht
h
i
s
b
r
ea
t
h
f
or
a
m
o
m
ent
be
f
o
r
e
pu
lli
ng her body
do
w
n
t
o
l
ay
on
t
op
of
h
i
s.
H
e
cap
t
u
r
ed
her
li
ps
i
n
h
i
s o
w
n
g
en
tl
y
s
tr
o
k
i
ng
t
he so
f
t
s
k
i
n of
her
bac
k
.