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second, then remembered their first conversation. “Okay, she has been sheltered.”
They got to her cabin, and Dana turned, taking the basket back. “One day, I hope she’ll really open up to you. There is so much about her you don’t know. But I think she loves you and I don’t think she’s ever felt that before.”
“Dana!” Rekkus growled. Kaleb had ceased wondering how the man was able to make those deep strange sounds, and had even caught himself trying to mimic them in the shower. “Where the hell were you? Cyrus and I have been searching the damned island…”
“You’re smothering me, you damned cat.” She stormed into the cabin, slamming the door.
“Smothering…what…grrrrr… ffyc…mae hi wedi cachi arna I.” Rekkus sat down in the chair on the porch—more like threw himself into the chair—and banged the back of his head against the cabin a few times for good measure. Kaleb should have been enjoying his tormentor’s discomfort, but it hit too close to home tonight.
Giving him an inch, Kaleb offered, “She was in the orchard. I ran into her on the path coming back.”
“Apples. Again? I just got her damned apples this morning.” Rekkus stood up and looked in the window of the cabin. “She is going to make me crazy, that one.”
Feeling it was safer to keep his mouth shut, Kaleb applauded that he had at least learned that skill on his visit here. He stayed quiet as Rekkus responded to Cyrus on the walkie-talkie, asking if anyone had found her. And, Kaleb supposed, had Serena gone for a walk in Alaska in the middle of the night, he too might have panicked.
“Thank you for seeing her home safe. I know it’s stupid, but I hate not being able to protect her all time, and yes I know she wants more space, damn it. Thanks again.” Rekkus moved to the door, bracing himself before opening it. Kaleb had to give the man props for quick reflexes as he caught the three apples hurled at him in succession. “Stay single, Kaleb. It’s so much safer,” Rekkus muttered before shutting the door behind him.
“He needs to give her some breathing room,” Serena said from behind Kaleb. “That’s all she wants.”
Filling his lungs with air until it hurt, he steeled himself before turning to look at her. “I don’t think it’s in his nature.”
“You could be right.” She stepped toward him but paused, unsure again. “I’m sorry if I hurt your feeling earlier. It’s not that I don’t want to be with you it’s just…”
“Alaska’s cold?”
She nodded. “Really…”
Kaleb shushed her before pulling her face to his so he could kiss her senseless. “We’ll figure something out.”
“Okay.”
Kaleb smiled against her lips. “Okay.”
Chapter Six
S WISH —R EKKUS’S F IST B ARELY M ISSED hitting the side of Kaleb’s head. He might not be able to land many on the man, but at least Kaleb had gotten really good at avoiding taking some on his own. But today something was different; Rekkus kept stopping to sniff the air—a strange thing for anyone to do, in Kaleb’s honest opinion. There was just an overall feeling on the island that something wasn’t quite right.
Actually, everyone from Myron to Rekkus was acting off. Serena had been surprised when Yavonka announced at breakfast she didn’t want to swim today. She said she didn’t feel safe. Serena had then excused herself and gone to find Cyrus. When she returned, she said she was going for a quick swim and would see him “after his ass whooping.”
Even though her voice was light, he could tell something wasn’t quite right. Maybe it was the tension still between them since their discussion at the hot springs, but he didn’t think so. Not focused on the man before him, Kaleb was unprepared for the kick to the chest that sent him flying. Expecting the usual reproof he heard when Rekkus gained the upper hand, Kaleb was surprised to be helped to his feet.
“I think we should call it a day.”
“A day? You’ve
They got to her cabin, and Dana turned, taking the basket back. “One day, I hope she’ll really open up to you. There is so much about her you don’t know. But I think she loves you and I don’t think she’s ever felt that before.”
“Dana!” Rekkus growled. Kaleb had ceased wondering how the man was able to make those deep strange sounds, and had even caught himself trying to mimic them in the shower. “Where the hell were you? Cyrus and I have been searching the damned island…”
“You’re smothering me, you damned cat.” She stormed into the cabin, slamming the door.
“Smothering…what…grrrrr… ffyc…mae hi wedi cachi arna I.” Rekkus sat down in the chair on the porch—more like threw himself into the chair—and banged the back of his head against the cabin a few times for good measure. Kaleb should have been enjoying his tormentor’s discomfort, but it hit too close to home tonight.
Giving him an inch, Kaleb offered, “She was in the orchard. I ran into her on the path coming back.”
“Apples. Again? I just got her damned apples this morning.” Rekkus stood up and looked in the window of the cabin. “She is going to make me crazy, that one.”
Feeling it was safer to keep his mouth shut, Kaleb applauded that he had at least learned that skill on his visit here. He stayed quiet as Rekkus responded to Cyrus on the walkie-talkie, asking if anyone had found her. And, Kaleb supposed, had Serena gone for a walk in Alaska in the middle of the night, he too might have panicked.
“Thank you for seeing her home safe. I know it’s stupid, but I hate not being able to protect her all time, and yes I know she wants more space, damn it. Thanks again.” Rekkus moved to the door, bracing himself before opening it. Kaleb had to give the man props for quick reflexes as he caught the three apples hurled at him in succession. “Stay single, Kaleb. It’s so much safer,” Rekkus muttered before shutting the door behind him.
“He needs to give her some breathing room,” Serena said from behind Kaleb. “That’s all she wants.”
Filling his lungs with air until it hurt, he steeled himself before turning to look at her. “I don’t think it’s in his nature.”
“You could be right.” She stepped toward him but paused, unsure again. “I’m sorry if I hurt your feeling earlier. It’s not that I don’t want to be with you it’s just…”
“Alaska’s cold?”
She nodded. “Really…”
Kaleb shushed her before pulling her face to his so he could kiss her senseless. “We’ll figure something out.”
“Okay.”
Kaleb smiled against her lips. “Okay.”
Chapter Six
S WISH —R EKKUS’S F IST B ARELY M ISSED hitting the side of Kaleb’s head. He might not be able to land many on the man, but at least Kaleb had gotten really good at avoiding taking some on his own. But today something was different; Rekkus kept stopping to sniff the air—a strange thing for anyone to do, in Kaleb’s honest opinion. There was just an overall feeling on the island that something wasn’t quite right.
Actually, everyone from Myron to Rekkus was acting off. Serena had been surprised when Yavonka announced at breakfast she didn’t want to swim today. She said she didn’t feel safe. Serena had then excused herself and gone to find Cyrus. When she returned, she said she was going for a quick swim and would see him “after his ass whooping.”
Even though her voice was light, he could tell something wasn’t quite right. Maybe it was the tension still between them since their discussion at the hot springs, but he didn’t think so. Not focused on the man before him, Kaleb was unprepared for the kick to the chest that sent him flying. Expecting the usual reproof he heard when Rekkus gained the upper hand, Kaleb was surprised to be helped to his feet.
“I think we should call it a day.”
“A day? You’ve
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