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Silence followed, and Reeve thought the matter settled until...
“Are you having second thoughts about helping me?’
He stopped abruptly and turned around, causing her to come to a similar abrupt stop though nearly on top of him.
“That wasn’t a thought in my head,” he answered honestly.
“Then what troubled you?”
“Too many thoughts.”
“I suffer from the same affliction myself,” she said.
“Then you know it takes a good shake to rid yourself of them.”
“A chore I do quite regularly.”
“Good, then we understand each other better than most,” he said, finding more things in common with her and also realizing that her lips were ripe for kissing. Slightly plump and moist, having worried at both with her teeth as they had spoken.
Damn, but he wanted to kiss her, and when she scurried back away from him, he realized that his desire to do just that must have shown in his eyes.
“We’d best keep walking,” she said.
He nodded, turned, and did just that. He silently berated himself for his foolish thought. Whatever had he been thinking? She certainly wouldn’t be receptive to a kiss, and what if this myth was true?
Now he truly intended to berate himself. He never believed in foolish nonsense. It was usually ignorant people saying ignorant things that caused problems. He had used his brawn to settle such matters. And it had never failed, people always surrendered to strength.
“Reeve!”
He turned at her scream and lunged for her, grabbing hold of her hand just as she went over the side of an incline, her momentum pulling him along with her. They slid down the steep slope on their stomachs, facing each other, picking up speed as they went. Reeve gripped her hand tightly, letting her know there was no chance of her slipping away from him. She clung just as tightly to him, and for a sheer moment, it felt as if their hands melded together as one.
With a thud, a whack, and a bump, they came to rest at the bottom of the hill. Reeve landed on top of her, their limbs all tangled.
“Are you all right?” he asked before trying to move.
She turned her face, and having no choice, she rested her cheek against his. “I believe so.”
Her skin was silky soft and lightly flushed, and he liked the feel of it pressed to his. “We need to slowly untangle ourselves and make certain there are no severe injuries.”
She gave a brief nod and winced.
“Something pains you?” he asked, concerned.
“My arm is twisted beneath me, and it’s beginning to hurt.”
Reeve slowly untangled his one arm from beneath her and eased his legs from around hers before gently moving himself off her to stand and give a stretch. Ascertaining that he had no injuries, he was quick to drop down on his haunches to help her.
She sighed. “With you off me, I feel much better.”
Reeve grabbed at his chest and grinned. “You are the only woman who findsreliefin me not being on top of her.”
Tara laughed and struggled to sit up. Reeve was quick to help her, his hand slipping behind to rest at her back. Oddly enough, she didn’t protest, though Reeve let his hand fall away as soon as he sat her up.
“That is because I am different from all the women you have known,” she said with a wide smile.
When she smiled, her lavender eyes darkened to a sultry purple, and with her cheeks flushed, she was far prettier than Reeve had first believed. And yes, she was right. She was different. He wasn’t quite sure how, but she was different.
“Your arm?” he asked, seeing how she cradled it.
