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I tried to stop the shiver that danced down my spine. Once again, his nearness reminded me of the kiss we’d shared last night. It felt as if he’d touched my soul in that kiss, which was crazy.
It was just a kiss, Ilara.
“Well?” I said, putting more distance between us. “What did you want to show me?”
He cocked an eyebrow up. “You better tame that sharp tongue of yours lest I find something more useful for it to do.”
My cheeks reddened. “And you best tame that perverted mind of yours lest you find my fist connected with your face.”
He laughed. “Have you developed a new violent side?”
“Perhaps you’re rubbing off on me.”
He waggled his eyebrows. “Oooh, I might like that.”
A thrill ran through me, but I schooled my expression.Cailis. Cailis. Cailis.I forced an annoyed tone. “Again, what did you want to show me?”
His eyes narrowed. “Come. It’s over here.”
He trudged across the snow, his wings lifting so they wouldn’t drag through the white powder. To this day, he had the tallest wings I’d ever seen, yet he walked around with them as though they weighed nothing.
When he reached the middle of the field, he crouched down and parted the snow. “Look here.”
I peered over his shoulder and gasped at the buds of wheat rising from the black soil. Vivid colors of gold, magenta, and emerald green shone from the small shoots. My heart suddenly felt like the surf pounding against the shore, and I dropped to my knees and laid my palm against the ground in the same breath.
An immediate faint hum oforempulsed against my skin. My jaw dropped. “But...how? This wasn’t here two days ago.”
The prince gave a triumphant smile. “I told you that you could do it.”
“When did this happen?” All week I’d been trying to restore life to this field, doing what I always did when I worked crops. I had thought it wasn’t working since nothing had come of it. Until now.
“The life must have been forming since you started, and the plants have only just appeared now.”
“Does anyone else know?”
“At the moment, no, just you and me. But in a few weeks, when these stalks appear above the snow, the entire town will be aware. There’ll be much rejoicing here.”
I sat back on my haunches. “Rejoicing? From a few plants?” When his smile grew, my eyes widened. “Are theremore?”
He moved several feet away and pushed a pile of snow from the ground. Tiny wheat stalks appeared beneath, plants in the beginning stages of growth.
The prince stood, then grabbed my hand and pulled me up with him.
My insides clenched when his tantalizing scent of cedar and snow surrounded me. And his broad chest was only inches from my face. Every line of his was hard, unyielding. The male truly was a work of art.
My gaze fell to our joined hands. His palm was so warm. So large. It swallowed mine.
Pulse quickening, I ripped my hand free and smoothed my hair.
He paused, his eyebrows drawing together as his huge wings flexed.
“Come,” he said tersely before stalking toward other areas of the field, areas I hadn’t even concentrated on prior.
I followed, keeping my distance, but I couldn’t stop my gasp when he revealed what grew beneath the snow. Small signs of life dotted the land everywhere we went.
“How far has it spread?” I asked in amazement. Had I done this?Actually done this?
“The entire field.”
