Chapter 14Marwa
Oh, my days, I wanted her more than ever! The minute her eyes closed, she reached for me, and I her. She snuggled her head into my neck and my arms slid around her waist as if born to it. Although we didn’t kiss, our bodies connected in a manner our minds couldn’t.
Holding her closely wasn’t without pain—perhaps we couldn’t be together however much I wanted it. She’d spent the previous hours with a gloomy, condemning expression, responding to my poor attempts at conversation with nothing more than grunts.
Still, I enjoyed cuddling and looking after her as she slept, knowing it might be my last chance. The next day we’d have to cross the treacherous ravine and it was unlikely either of us would survive. Books told of killer creatures who dined on hapless visitors. Accordi
