*Ethan*
Please don’t leave me again.
I won’t. Ever.
What the bloody hell had possessed me to make that promise? It has kept me awake most of the night, with Josie nestled securely, trustingly, against me, while my mind reels with the ramification of my words. I have made a vow I cannot possibly keep.
Now, I stand at the window, gazing out on the storm that continues to whip snow over the land and very much mimicking my own inner turmoil. Rising earlier, I had drawn on my trousers and shirt but I had been reluctant to go to my bedchamber until she was awake. Her shattering from pleasure in my arms had been the most satisfying moment I have ever experienced. Her passions are so easily ignited, her response so gratifying.
I want to feel those muscles closing around me while I am buried de
