Chapter 10

During these sessions they got to know each other well, and offered to carry heavy buckets of water, or do things for her they knew she would have difficulty with alone. All this led up to a familiarity between them, and she found herself the recipient of deep, penetrating looks, an occasional touch, or the deliberate brush of a muscled body against hers. The first time was when she happened to find Cheyenne and Midnight down at the lake. Their wet bodies and rippling muscles sparkled in the dappled sunlight, taking her breath away. She stood in the shadows and watched for a few minutes until one of them looked up and caught her snooping.

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Cheyenne waded close to Midnight and mumbled under his breath. “Don’t look now, but it seems we have avisitor. I’ll give you three guesses as to who’s hidin’ out watchin’ us.”

Midnight looked up. “Yeah? Where is she?”

“Over there in that clump of bushes. You just follow my lead. I’ll get her out of there.”

“You’re on.”