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struggled with their meaning as he did. "Was this one the same?"
"Yes,
but tonight there was a child."
Gently,
she pulled him down next to her, placing his head on her shoulder. Stroking his
hair, she whispered, "A child?"
The
gentle beating of her heart sounded in his ears, but he heard the curiosity in
her voice at this newest addition to this dreams. Nodding, he held her closer.
"Yes. A boy."
For
a long time he lay with her in silence, listening to the heartbeat of the woman
he loved and trying to decipher the mystery of his thoughts. Who were the
people in his dreams? Why were they turned to demons, cursed to live in the
darkness for all eternity? Why had their gods forsaken them?
"Mateo,
I have news I have waited to tell you."
Eva's
words roused him from his thoughts. "What news?"
"God
has blessed us with the greatest gift of all. I am with child."
In
the moonlight, he turned to see her expression. A child? Gently, he kissed her
lips. "Eva..." The words caught in his throat. The only woman he'd
ever loved was going to give him a child.
Mateo
pulled back the tattered blanked and placed his hand reverently on her belly.
"How long?"
"I
have not bled in over a month. By the new year, he should be here."
Her
smile beamed down at him. "He?"
"Of
course. A son for the man I love."
A
son. A boy who he would teach about the world. Regret pinched at his heart at
the thought of what he could have given Eva and their child. If only he had
made different choices.
"Mateo,
why do you look sad? We are to have a child." Eva took hold of his hand
and squeezed it gently. "What is it? Tell me."
"Nothing.
I was just thinking of the choices I have made that will affect our son."
Sitting
up, she cradled his face in her hands. "There is no use in looking back
with regret. The choices you made have shaped you into the man you are. Honest.
True. The kind of husband any wife would cherish."
The
sound of those sweet words touched him. The young man that had impetuously
chosen to forgo his father's fortune rather than obey his demands for him to
take up his spice business now wondered if that decision would come back to
haunt him and his new family.
"You
deserve so much more than a sheep farmer and this shack. Our child deserves so
much more."
Closing
his eyes, he thought about everything he would never be able to give them.
"Mateo,
look at me."
He
opened his eyes and saw his wife smiling sweetly at him. "Calm your
thoughts. Not all the riches in your family—in ten families like yours—would
make me happier. I married you because of all the men in the village, only you
had something different. Something special. It was not money."
"What
was it?"
Eva's
eyes traveled over his body and her smile grew broader. "For as wonderful
as this outside is, what is so special is what is inside of you. I hear the
other women talking in the marketplace. I see the evidence of their husband's
care on their skin. No cloak can hide the bruised cheek or eye. I may have the
poorest husband in wealth, but I am rich beyond belief in ways that
matter."
The
thought of a man laying a hand on her cheek to cause her harm made him clench
his fists, and he drew her close to him. When he had first met her, she had
been asked for by one of those vicious beasts who saw no crime in beating a
woman. The memory of his cruelty when she had refused his offer to marry him
flashed in his mind now.
"I
would never let another hurt you, Eva."
"I
know that," she whispered in his ear. "And I know our son will be the
same honorable kind of man his father is."
As
always, Eva settled his soul and made him see how much they had truly been
blessed with.
Eva
laid back onto the bed and smiled up at him. "The night is not only for
sleep, my love."
"But
the child?" he asked, hoping her answer would be one that would allow him
to show her how much she meant to him.
Running
her hand over his chest, she found her way to his cock and gripped it softly in
her hand. "I think he
"Yes,
but tonight there was a child."
Gently,
she pulled him down next to her, placing his head on her shoulder. Stroking his
hair, she whispered, "A child?"
The
gentle beating of her heart sounded in his ears, but he heard the curiosity in
her voice at this newest addition to this dreams. Nodding, he held her closer.
"Yes. A boy."
For
a long time he lay with her in silence, listening to the heartbeat of the woman
he loved and trying to decipher the mystery of his thoughts. Who were the
people in his dreams? Why were they turned to demons, cursed to live in the
darkness for all eternity? Why had their gods forsaken them?
"Mateo,
I have news I have waited to tell you."
Eva's
words roused him from his thoughts. "What news?"
"God
has blessed us with the greatest gift of all. I am with child."
In
the moonlight, he turned to see her expression. A child? Gently, he kissed her
lips. "Eva..." The words caught in his throat. The only woman he'd
ever loved was going to give him a child.
Mateo
pulled back the tattered blanked and placed his hand reverently on her belly.
"How long?"
"I
have not bled in over a month. By the new year, he should be here."
Her
smile beamed down at him. "He?"
"Of
course. A son for the man I love."
A
son. A boy who he would teach about the world. Regret pinched at his heart at
the thought of what he could have given Eva and their child. If only he had
made different choices.
"Mateo,
why do you look sad? We are to have a child." Eva took hold of his hand
and squeezed it gently. "What is it? Tell me."
"Nothing.
I was just thinking of the choices I have made that will affect our son."
Sitting
up, she cradled his face in her hands. "There is no use in looking back
with regret. The choices you made have shaped you into the man you are. Honest.
True. The kind of husband any wife would cherish."
The
sound of those sweet words touched him. The young man that had impetuously
chosen to forgo his father's fortune rather than obey his demands for him to
take up his spice business now wondered if that decision would come back to
haunt him and his new family.
"You
deserve so much more than a sheep farmer and this shack. Our child deserves so
much more."
Closing
his eyes, he thought about everything he would never be able to give them.
"Mateo,
look at me."
He
opened his eyes and saw his wife smiling sweetly at him. "Calm your
thoughts. Not all the riches in your family—in ten families like yours—would
make me happier. I married you because of all the men in the village, only you
had something different. Something special. It was not money."
"What
was it?"
Eva's
eyes traveled over his body and her smile grew broader. "For as wonderful
as this outside is, what is so special is what is inside of you. I hear the
other women talking in the marketplace. I see the evidence of their husband's
care on their skin. No cloak can hide the bruised cheek or eye. I may have the
poorest husband in wealth, but I am rich beyond belief in ways that
matter."
The
thought of a man laying a hand on her cheek to cause her harm made him clench
his fists, and he drew her close to him. When he had first met her, she had
been asked for by one of those vicious beasts who saw no crime in beating a
woman. The memory of his cruelty when she had refused his offer to marry him
flashed in his mind now.
"I
would never let another hurt you, Eva."
"I
know that," she whispered in his ear. "And I know our son will be the
same honorable kind of man his father is."
As
always, Eva settled his soul and made him see how much they had truly been
blessed with.
Eva
laid back onto the bed and smiled up at him. "The night is not only for
sleep, my love."
"But
the child?" he asked, hoping her answer would be one that would allow him
to show her how much she meant to him.
Running
her hand over his chest, she found her way to his cock and gripped it softly in
her hand. "I think he
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