Blood From a Stone (113 page)

S
he
pu
ll
ed
back 
t
o
say  so
m
e
t
h
i
n
g
,
but
be
f
o
r
e  she cou
l
d
speak
he
pu
ll
ed
her
back
do
w
n
t
o
h
i
m and
be
g
a
n ca
r
ess
i
ng
t
he
so
f
t
s
k
i
n
of
her
neck
w
it
h
h
i
s
li
ps
a
nd
t
on
g
ue.
S
he
l
eaned
her
head
back and a s
m
a
l
l
s
i
g
h escaped her
as he
f
ound
a
pa
rti
cu
l
a
rl
y
de
li
c
i
ous
e
r
o
g
enous
z
one
at
th
e
base
of her
t
h
r
oa
t
,
and
t
hen
w
o
r
k
ed
h
i
s
w
ay do
w
n
t
o
t
he
ho
l
l
ow be
t
w
een
her
b
r
eas
t
s.
G
oose
bu
m
ps
b
r
o
k
e
out
a
l
l
o
v
er
her
body as
he d
r
a
gg
ed her
n
i
pp
l
e, and
t
he
m
a
t
e
ri
al
of
t
he sh
ir
t
co
v
e
ri
ng
i
t
i
n
t
o h
i
s
m
ou
t
h.

S
he
g
asped
at
t
he
f
eel
of
i
t
and
t
hen
a
f
ew
m
o
m
en
t
s
l
a
t
e
r
,
pu
ll
ed
back
and
s
t
a
rt
ed
l
au
g
h
i
n
g
.
“
N
ow
I
l
ook
li
k
e
I
’
v
e been d
r
oo
li
ng
a
l
l
o
v
er
m
y
sh
irt
.”

“
N
o.
I
’
m
t
he
one
w
ho
’
s
been
d
r
oo
li
ng
a
l
l
o
v
er
y
our sh
irt
.”
H
e chuc
k
l
ed.

“
G
r
ea
t
.
I ha
v
e
t
o
w
ear
a
b
i
b….not
f
or
m
y
se
l
f
but
f
or
y
ou.
T
hat
’s
j
ust
so
w
r
on
g
.”

H
e
pu
ll
ed
her
back
do
w
n
on
t
op
of
h
i
m
.
“
A
nd
I
ha
v
e no 
i
n
t
en
ti
on  of
m
a
k
i
ng
i
t
ri
g
ht
e
it
he
r
.”
H
e
l
au
g
hed  as
h
i
s
t
on
g
ue
f
ound
it
s
w
ay
t
o
t
he
w
et
spot
once
m
o
r
e.

S
c
r
ew
t
ha
t
.
H
e
ri
pped
open
her
b
l
ouse
popp
i
ng
t
h
r
ee bu
tt
ons
w
it
h
h
i
s
l
ong
t
anned
fi
n
g
e
r
s
as
he
w
en
t
.
S
h
e
g
asped at h
i
m
i
n
f
e
i
g
ned
exaspe
r
a
ti
on,
but
d
i
dn
’
t
say  a
w
o
r
d
as
he pu
ll
ed do
w
n
t
he
t
op of
her
b
r
a
t
o expose
one
of
her
r
osy n
i
p
p
l
es,
w
h
i
ch
he
i
mm
ed
i
a
t
e
l
y pu
ll
ed
i
n
t
o
t
he
so
f
t
w
e
t
ness
of h
i
s
m
ou
t
h.

S
he
d
i
dn
’
t
p
r
o
t
est
and 
i
n 
f
act
he
could 
f
eel
her
m
o
v
i
ng
a
g
a
i
nst
h
i
m as
she
unbu
tt
oned
h
i
s
sh
ir
t
and
her
hands
m
o
v
ed a
g
a
i
nst
t
he s
k
i
n of
h
i
s
t
o
r
so.

A
f
ew
m
o
m
en
t
s
l
a
t
er
she
pu
ll
ed
fr
ee,
m
o
v
ed o
v
er
h
i
m and
p
l
aced
a
g
en
tl
e
k
i
ss
on
h
i
s
ches
t
,
and
t
hen
be
g
an
li
c
k
i
ng h
i
s
s
k
i
n,
w
o
r
k
i
ng a
s
l
o
w
,
s
t
eady
tr
a
i
l
do
w
n
t
he
l
e
n
g
t
h
of
h
i
s bod
y
…sa
v
o
ri
ng  e
v
e
r
y  cu
r
v
e
of
h
i
s 
m
usc
l
ed  abd
o
m
en. 
H
i
s s
k
i
n
w
as
s
m
oo
t
h
and
she
cou
l
d
f
eel
t
he
ha
r
d
ness
of
e
v
e
r
y
ri
pp
l
e
of
t
hat
s
i
x
pack benea
t
h
h
i
s
s
k
i
n as
she app
r
oached h
i
s na
v
e
l
.
S
he
r
eached
f
o
r
w
a
r
d
t
o undo
t
he bu
t
t
on on h
i
s
j
eans.