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my expression because he quickly added, “The rain here can be very unpredictable, I wouldn’t want you to get caught in some bad weather. And if the river rises—” he watched me to make sure I wasn’t going to argue. He didn’t need to worry.
“ Ok.” I nodded.
“ You don’t have to be afraid here Eva. My intentions are…”
“ I know,” I cut him off before he could finish. I wasn’t afraid of him. I didn’t know anything about Nickolas but one thing I was sure of, I wasn’t afraid of him. “I’m not afraid.”
“ Good.” He flashed a heart stopping smile. In two long strides he was standing next to the bed. I carefully masked my surprise. “I am going to go see about your chicken now,” he chuckled.
“ I’m not really hungry.”
“ It’ll take a little while to rustle something up. You can rest.” It wasn’t really an order, I told myself, just concern.
“ Can’t I help?”
“ That won’t be necessary.” He patted my leg comfortably, as if we’d been friends for centuries.
“ Are there really werewolves out there?” I asked quietly.
He crinkled his forehead in confusion. “Are you afraid?”
Was I afraid? I wasn’t sure if I was or not. My dream had left me wary, but I felt safe with Nickolas. I wanted him to stay with me. The realization took me a little by surprise. This man had a strange effect on me. When I said nothing he sank down on the bed beside me. He put his hand on my leg, just above my knee.
“ There’s nothing to fear while you are with me,” he said gently.
“ What if one of them comes here while you’re gone?”
“ First, I won’t be gone. Second, they won’t come here.”
He couldn’t be sure of that. Besides, I was more worried about him than myself. I didn’t want him to be hurt. “Yeah, but what if…”
He put his fingers lightly to my lips to stop my words. “I promise,” he met my eyes straight on, “that nothing will hurt you as long as you are with me.” How could I argue with that? Besides, I knew he was right. I nodded. He had to look away before I could.
He stood up and slapped his hand against his thigh. “Alright, you sleep.” Like that would be possible. “I’ll be back soon.”
“ You won’t go far?”
“ I won’t go further than I can hear you.”
“ So you’re not leaving the house?”
He laughed. “I’ll see you soon.”
I couldn’t help but smile as I watched him leave the room. He was such a good man. Nice. Considerate. Strong. Handsome. Comfortable. Protective. For the first time I wondered how it was possible that he lived alone here. I sighed and let my head fall deeper into the pillow. Best not to allow myself to think along those lines.
Chapter Nine
I sighed a small sigh. As soon as I pushed thoughts of Nickolas out of my head, thoughts of a different sort forced their way back in. What was I going to do? I couldn’t just stay here with Nickolas. Soon he would be moving us to the colony. The colony didn’t sound like a place that I wanted to be, at least not until I got my memory back.
My memory would have to come back. It just had too. I needed to know why I was here. Where had I come from? Maybe there was a house nearby. I perked my head up a little. There had to be a house nearby, otherwise where would I have come from? Maybe my family was looking for me. There must have been an accident, maybe I fell.
I poked and prodded my head, searching for an injury, but I found none. I experimentally checked the rest of my body for injury. On my left arm was a large oval shaped bruise. It was dark shades of purple and black. I gingerly touched the offending mark, it didn’t hurt. Actually, it was strangely numb. I pinched the area. No feeling. Odd.
Other than that one bruise, the rest of me was in perfect shape. I must have fallen though, how else would Nickolas have gotten me and brought me here? Had he captured me? Kidnapped me? I banished those thoughts immediately. Nickolas was my hero,
“ Ok.” I nodded.
“ You don’t have to be afraid here Eva. My intentions are…”
“ I know,” I cut him off before he could finish. I wasn’t afraid of him. I didn’t know anything about Nickolas but one thing I was sure of, I wasn’t afraid of him. “I’m not afraid.”
“ Good.” He flashed a heart stopping smile. In two long strides he was standing next to the bed. I carefully masked my surprise. “I am going to go see about your chicken now,” he chuckled.
“ I’m not really hungry.”
“ It’ll take a little while to rustle something up. You can rest.” It wasn’t really an order, I told myself, just concern.
“ Can’t I help?”
“ That won’t be necessary.” He patted my leg comfortably, as if we’d been friends for centuries.
“ Are there really werewolves out there?” I asked quietly.
He crinkled his forehead in confusion. “Are you afraid?”
Was I afraid? I wasn’t sure if I was or not. My dream had left me wary, but I felt safe with Nickolas. I wanted him to stay with me. The realization took me a little by surprise. This man had a strange effect on me. When I said nothing he sank down on the bed beside me. He put his hand on my leg, just above my knee.
“ There’s nothing to fear while you are with me,” he said gently.
“ What if one of them comes here while you’re gone?”
“ First, I won’t be gone. Second, they won’t come here.”
He couldn’t be sure of that. Besides, I was more worried about him than myself. I didn’t want him to be hurt. “Yeah, but what if…”
He put his fingers lightly to my lips to stop my words. “I promise,” he met my eyes straight on, “that nothing will hurt you as long as you are with me.” How could I argue with that? Besides, I knew he was right. I nodded. He had to look away before I could.
He stood up and slapped his hand against his thigh. “Alright, you sleep.” Like that would be possible. “I’ll be back soon.”
“ You won’t go far?”
“ I won’t go further than I can hear you.”
“ So you’re not leaving the house?”
He laughed. “I’ll see you soon.”
I couldn’t help but smile as I watched him leave the room. He was such a good man. Nice. Considerate. Strong. Handsome. Comfortable. Protective. For the first time I wondered how it was possible that he lived alone here. I sighed and let my head fall deeper into the pillow. Best not to allow myself to think along those lines.
Chapter Nine
I sighed a small sigh. As soon as I pushed thoughts of Nickolas out of my head, thoughts of a different sort forced their way back in. What was I going to do? I couldn’t just stay here with Nickolas. Soon he would be moving us to the colony. The colony didn’t sound like a place that I wanted to be, at least not until I got my memory back.
My memory would have to come back. It just had too. I needed to know why I was here. Where had I come from? Maybe there was a house nearby. I perked my head up a little. There had to be a house nearby, otherwise where would I have come from? Maybe my family was looking for me. There must have been an accident, maybe I fell.
I poked and prodded my head, searching for an injury, but I found none. I experimentally checked the rest of my body for injury. On my left arm was a large oval shaped bruise. It was dark shades of purple and black. I gingerly touched the offending mark, it didn’t hurt. Actually, it was strangely numb. I pinched the area. No feeling. Odd.
Other than that one bruise, the rest of me was in perfect shape. I must have fallen though, how else would Nickolas have gotten me and brought me here? Had he captured me? Kidnapped me? I banished those thoughts immediately. Nickolas was my hero,
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