Blood From a Stone (253 page)

S
he
fi
na
ll
y cau
g
ht
her
b
r
ea
t
h
and
he
m
a
r
v
e
l
ed at
how she
l
oo
k
ed
li
k
e
a
beau
tif
ul
n
y
m
ph
l
y
i
ng
na
k
ed
t
he
r
e
be
f
o
r
e h
i
m
i
n
t
he
so
f
t
g
l
ow
of
t
he
r
oom
as
he
m
o
v
ed
u
p
w
a
r
ds
and s
li
d
i
n
t
o
t
he
w
a
r
m
t
h
of
her bod
y
,
w
he
r
e he s
t
a
y
ed…
m
o
v
i
ng s
l
o
w
l
y and
g
r
ace
f
u
ll
y
f
or
so
m
e
ti
m
e,
un
ti
l
t
he
w
h
it
e
heat
had bu
il
t
i
n
t
o a
r
a
g
i
ng
i
n
f
e
r
no
t
hat
he cou
l
dn
’
t
con
t
a
i
n any
l
on
g
e
r
.

H
er
l
e
g
s
w
ound a
r
ound h
i
s
w
a
i
st
and h
e
r
fi
n
g
e
r
s dug
i
n
t
o
t
he
t
h
i
ck
m
usc
l
es
of
h
i
s
back
as
t
he
i
r
u
r
g
ency
g
r
e
w
.
S
he cou
l
d
f
eel
h
i
s
fi
n
g
e
r
s
t
eas
i
ng her
as
he
m
o
v
ed, and
t
he
w
a
r
m
t
h of
h
i
s
li
ps
on
her
neck
as
he
b
r
ea
t
hed
t
he
w
o
r
ds
“I
l
o
v
e
y
ou” a
g
a
i
nst
her
s
k
i
n.
U
nab
l
e
t
o
ho
l
d  back
any
l
on
g
er
s
h
e
f
e
l
t he
r
se
l
f
d
r
o
w
n
i
ng
i
n
t
he
pool
of
de
li
c
i
ous
w
h
irli
ng
sensa
ti
on
t
hat
he
’
d
c
r
ea
t
ed.
H
e
w
asn
’
t
f
ar
beh
i
nd and
j
ust
as
her
m
i
nd be
g
an
t
o
c
l
ear
enou
g
h
t
o
l
ook
up
at
h
i
m
she
saw
t
h
a
t
he
t
oo had
sun
k
en
i
n
t
o
t
he
e
r
o
ti
c
dep
t
hs
fr
om
w
h
i
ch
she
‘
d
j
ust e
m
e
r
g
ed,
as
t
he
co
r
ds
of
m
usc
l
e
s
t
ood
out
i
n
h
i
s
neck and
h
i
s b
r
ea
t
h ca
m
e
i
n deep
g
asps.

A
m
o
m
ent
l
a
t
er
h
i
s
body
r
e
l
axed
o
v
er
h
e
r
s
and
he
l
oo
k
ed
do
w
n
at
he
r
,
l
y
i
ng
t
he
r
e
benea
t
h
h
i
m
da
m
p
w
i
t
h
s
w
eat and
w
a
r
m
w
it
h
t
he heat
t
he
i
r
bod
i
es
had
g
ene
r
a
t
ed.

“
A
nd…spea
k
i
ng of
w
i
shes,”
he
sa
i
d so
ftl
y
. “
N
e
v
er
m
i
nd.”
H
e
s
m
il
ed
as
he
b
r
ushed
her
da
m
p
ha
i
r
back o
f
f
her
f
o
r
ehead and
k
i
ssed
t
he end of
her
nose.

“
Y
ou
w
i
sh
w
hat
e
l
se?” she sa
i
d. “
T
e
l
l
m
e.”

H
e
s
i
g
hed.
“I
w
i
sh
t
hat
I
cou
l
d
be
t
he
m
an
t
hat
d
i
d
t
h
i
s
w
it
h
y
ou
e
v
e
r
y n
i
g
h
t
….
i
n our
o
w
n bed…
i
n a ho
m
e
t
hat
w
e
‘
d
sha
r
e.
T
o
he
l
p
y
ou
r
a
i
se
ch
il
d
r
en
so
m
eda
y
.
T
o
j
ust en
j
oy
t
he
s
i
m
p
l
e
p
l
easu
r
es
of
e
v
e
r
y day
lif
e,
f
or
t
he
r
e
s
t
of
our
li
v
es.
I
f
I
cou
l
d
g
i
v
e
t
hat
t
o
y
ou,
y
ou
k
now
I
w
ou
l
d.”