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feel like to touch the skin on his pronounced muscles and also his dark chest hair that tapered down into a narrow strip. Shocked at my own thoughts I moved away from the window; in doing so I stepped on a twig. The snapping sound cut through the silence of the night like the shot of a pistol, and I cursed my clumsiness. Immediately the sound of a dog barking came from within the waggon, as well as the thud of footsteps. I froze, my heart beating wildly, then, just as I had decided to run away, the door opened and Ivo appeared in the doorway. The dog jumped down the steps and blocked my way. I felt as if I had been caught out in an unpleasant way.
“What are you doing here?” Ivo barked at me.
I blushed and looked down in embarrassment. My cheeks were burning and my legs threatened to give way beneath me. What a disgrace. I wished that I could be swallowed up by the earth beneath me. How had I ever managed to get myself into such a situation again?
“I … I was just passing, by chance, and then …,” I began, stuttering.
“By chance!” he said, his voice steeped in sarcasm, and I blushed even more.
“Well …,” I searched helplessly for a plausible explanation. Of course, I did not find one. His waggon was a long way from the camp, and it was night time. I had no business – no business whatsoever – to be here, and absolutely not at this hour. I could hardly tell him that curiosity had driven me here. I had followed his mother as she crept through the darkness of the camp. I had simply been curious as to where she was going at such a late hour. Part of me had already thought, of course, that she would be going to Ivo, and as I did not know where his waggon was, I seized the opportunity to perhaps find out.
Ivo slowly came down the steps towards me. His face was in the dark, which made him look even more menacing. I almost expected his eyes to shine in the dark, as with a beast of prey or a daemonic creature from hell. I suppressed the ridiculous urge to cross myself.
When he was standing right in front of me I tried to step away, but he grabbed my arm and pulled me with force towards him so that I collided with his muscle-hardened body. I was breathless from shock and the collision. My mouth opened to scream, but no sound came from my lips.
“Are you looking for a little adventure?” he murmured in a deep voice.
A shudder made my body tremble. I shook my head vigorously. What sort of a situation had I put myself into here? I was a long way from the camp. No one would come to my aid even if I screamed.
“In that case you shouldn’t come here. You can’t be thinking that I’m just going to let you go. No one snoops around in my private life without punishment. – You must get that.”
“Please,” I gasped, breathlessly, and tried to pull away from him. My heart was pounding madly. Panic rendered me speechless.
A hand was placed far too intimately on my bottom. I became hot and felt strangely weak. Something hard was pressing against my stomach. I had a vague idea of what this was about, and I stiffened. – I had to get out of this dangerous situation immediately, or it would end horribly.
Determined, I pushed my hands against his upper body to hold him away from me, but I had not counted on the sensual effect that was ignited at the touch of his naked skin. The contrast between the warm, silky skin and the wiry hair on his chest was bewildering, and I gasped for air. I could feel the movement of his muscles under my hands. I closed my eyes. In desperation I tried to take control of my feelings. I could not do it. I was far too inexperienced, and so unsettled by his proximity that I could barely think clearly.
“Did your mother not tell you that it’s dangerous to run after men?” he murmured into my ear. “You really have been very naughty and – foolish!”
“I didn’t … I … I hadn’t …” My brain could not form a single proper sentence. I was speechless with panic and fine
“What are you doing here?” Ivo barked at me.
I blushed and looked down in embarrassment. My cheeks were burning and my legs threatened to give way beneath me. What a disgrace. I wished that I could be swallowed up by the earth beneath me. How had I ever managed to get myself into such a situation again?
“I … I was just passing, by chance, and then …,” I began, stuttering.
“By chance!” he said, his voice steeped in sarcasm, and I blushed even more.
“Well …,” I searched helplessly for a plausible explanation. Of course, I did not find one. His waggon was a long way from the camp, and it was night time. I had no business – no business whatsoever – to be here, and absolutely not at this hour. I could hardly tell him that curiosity had driven me here. I had followed his mother as she crept through the darkness of the camp. I had simply been curious as to where she was going at such a late hour. Part of me had already thought, of course, that she would be going to Ivo, and as I did not know where his waggon was, I seized the opportunity to perhaps find out.
Ivo slowly came down the steps towards me. His face was in the dark, which made him look even more menacing. I almost expected his eyes to shine in the dark, as with a beast of prey or a daemonic creature from hell. I suppressed the ridiculous urge to cross myself.
When he was standing right in front of me I tried to step away, but he grabbed my arm and pulled me with force towards him so that I collided with his muscle-hardened body. I was breathless from shock and the collision. My mouth opened to scream, but no sound came from my lips.
“Are you looking for a little adventure?” he murmured in a deep voice.
A shudder made my body tremble. I shook my head vigorously. What sort of a situation had I put myself into here? I was a long way from the camp. No one would come to my aid even if I screamed.
“In that case you shouldn’t come here. You can’t be thinking that I’m just going to let you go. No one snoops around in my private life without punishment. – You must get that.”
“Please,” I gasped, breathlessly, and tried to pull away from him. My heart was pounding madly. Panic rendered me speechless.
A hand was placed far too intimately on my bottom. I became hot and felt strangely weak. Something hard was pressing against my stomach. I had a vague idea of what this was about, and I stiffened. – I had to get out of this dangerous situation immediately, or it would end horribly.
Determined, I pushed my hands against his upper body to hold him away from me, but I had not counted on the sensual effect that was ignited at the touch of his naked skin. The contrast between the warm, silky skin and the wiry hair on his chest was bewildering, and I gasped for air. I could feel the movement of his muscles under my hands. I closed my eyes. In desperation I tried to take control of my feelings. I could not do it. I was far too inexperienced, and so unsettled by his proximity that I could barely think clearly.
“Did your mother not tell you that it’s dangerous to run after men?” he murmured into my ear. “You really have been very naughty and – foolish!”
“I didn’t … I … I hadn’t …” My brain could not form a single proper sentence. I was speechless with panic and fine
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