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“Aye, most definitely,” she said while ignoring her body’s pleas to be satisfied.
Trey hesitated, his questioning look telling her that he didn’t quite believe her.
She reinforced her wishes by saying, “Please, Trey, it is what I want.”
“But not necessarily what you need.”
“Perhaps, but it is what I want.”
He placed her gently on her feet, and, with a tender touch to her face, he said, “I will give you this, but you will give me something in return. And I will have your word on it.”
She was hesitant to ask, “What?”
“The next time I touch you intimately in my sleep, you will wake me so that I may finish what I start.”
She smiled. “I promise.”
“Good,” he said, and was about to kiss her but stopped.
“It is better you don’t,” she said. “My desire for you has yet to fade, and I worry that it never will.”
He grinned. “I wouldn’t mind having a wife with that problem.”
She laughed and took his hand and, with a tug, started them walking. “You may tire of my ever-burning passion for you.”
“Somehow I don’t think so,” he said with a laugh.
Soon their pace increased, and they talked no more. With quick, guarded steps and glances, they turned cautious to their surroundings. But it was their eagerness to be done and on their way to Bliss’s home that told the true story, for both knew it would be there where they would make love and possibly seal their vows forever.
As Trey and Bliss approached Albert and Teresa’s farm, they both paused with worry. There was no one about, and, for a moment, it looked as if the place was deserted.
Bliss turned to Trey. “Hurry.”
Bliss wasn’t surprised when Trey ran in front of her, shielding her against any possible harm, but it wasn’t necessary though she’d let him see for himself.
His hand was about to draw his sword when the door was flung open, and he stumbled to an abrupt stop.
Philip stood there with a smile, though quickly leaned against the doorframe.
Bliss ran past Trey, her arms stretched out to the lad.
Philip stretched his thin arms out in return, obviously too weak to run to her.
As soon as she reached the lad, she hugged him tight.
“I did it, I did it,” he said. “I woke up just like you told me to,” he said, and hugged Bliss even tighter.
“I knew you could do it,” she said, and gave his hair a tousle.
Teresa stood behind her son, a huge smile on her face, but worry in her eyes, and hurried them all into the cottage. “He woke soon after you left, talking endlessly about Bliss, who helped him find his way home. He is just now getting around, though I tell him he must rest.”
“I rested enough, I did,” the lad said with a laugh.
Bliss sensed that Teresa was eager to talk with them but not in front of her son. “Philip, let me help heal you some more, while your mum feeds Trey. His stomach has been rumbling since morning.”
Trey grinned. “Especially knowing what a tasty cook your mum is, I couldn’t wait to get here.”
She knew he’d understand her intentions, and Philip took her hand, eager not about the healing but to show Bliss the wooden animals his da had carved for him.
