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“You know how to handle my wife,” Carmag said. “I am grateful not only for that, but for all you do for my son.”
Gratitude was another thing that had become so very unfamiliar to her, and so she was uncomfortable with it. She reached out to Reeve, standing beside her, for support.
His hand closed around hers. “Tara has a good heart.”
“A generous one,” Bryce added.
“A loving one,” Duncan said.
A smile peeked through Tara’s blush. “Sunrise is not far off; you should all get some sleep. If you are needed, Reeve will come for you.”
She squeezed his hand tight.
“I’ll be right here,” Reeve said, easing his brothers’ worries.
They left, albeit reluctantly, their father leaving as well, with intentions of helping his wife.
“Are you all right?” Reeve asked, hunching down in front of her.
“I’ll get more rest being here than in your bedchamber.”
“I have to agree, though I’d rather not.” He grinned.
“Neither would I,” she whispered, and kissed him lightly.
“Now you’re tormenting me.”
“You tormented—no, you tortured me,” she said with a soft laugh.
“How so?”
Tara decided to be honest. After all, this had to be nothing but a dream, a fantasy for sure. Good things simply did not happen to her. “Your hands—” She paused, not sure how to say it and then simply plunged ahead. “They felt so very good and had me wanting so much more.”
“Now you tell me.”
“But I can,” Tara said softly, “for none of this is real.”
Reeve looked at her strangely, and his hand rested on her cheek. “It is all real, my love.”
“No.” She shook her head. “I will wake, and you will be gone.”
Reeve shook his head. “No, I will not. I am here with you, and here I will stay.”
“How I wish,” Tara said softly.
“Then your wish will come true.”
Tara yawned and rested her head back against the chair, and repeated, “How I wish.”
Reeve covered Tara with a blanket just as Mara and Carmag entered the room.
“She sleeps,” Reeve said.
“She needs it,” Mara said, and handed the hot brew to her son.
Reeve took it and sipped it gratefully.
“It’s been a long night,” Carmag said. “And it has yet to end.”
