Here's another brief excerpt from All Things Returned the third part of the Anton and Lenora historical series
On that last night before his sailing, as we lay
together, Anton kissed the place above my navel and moved his lips to the
valley between my breasts. “You are my whole heart.” His voice was as tender as
his kisses. “I would sooner die than let harm come to you.”
I ran my hands through his dark hair, made unruly
by our lovemaking, and he came to me with such care, whispering his love into
my ear. And then passion got the better of us and the urgency of love overtook
us like a wave.
I awoke in the darkness to find the sheets on
Anton’s side of our bed cool. I called his name, softly at first then more
stridently when I got no answer. Getting no answer still, I pulled on my dressing gown and went to the window. There,
I spied him at the back gate of our garden.
Moonlight shone upon him, and had I not known him
to be flesh and blood I would have counted him as an apparition, standing there
staring out at the sea.
I went to him, the grass wet and cool against the
soles of my bare feet. In a moment, he knew my presence though I had not
uttered a word. He held out his hand to me and together we stood watching the
moon reflect on the silent water below us.
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