Base Nature (132 page)
He
c
o
v
ere
d
h
e
r
with his
b
o
d
y, h
i
s m
u
scl
e
s
twitching and
c
o
o
ling
e
v
e
n as she t
re
m
b
l
e
d
sl
i
ghtly
u
n
de
r
him.
“I
l
o
ve
y
o
u
,
L
iv.
F
o
re
v
er
,”
he
s
a
id
into
h
e
r
hai
r
,
ki
s
sing h
e
r
s
h
o
u
l
de
r
and
fina
l
ly kis
s
ing h
e
r
m
o
u
th,
the
sm
e
ll
o
f
h
im filling h
e
r
h
e
a
d
.
She
want
e
d
to
t
o
u
ch
h
i
m
b
ack,
to
t
e
ll
him sh
e’
d
n
e
v
e
r
th
o
u
ght sh
e’
d
b
e
al
l
o
w
e
d
t
o have
this.
T
hat
s
he
was
still
a
l
ittle
f
e
a
r
f
u
l
that
it
w
o
u
ld
all
g
o
away.
I
nst
e
a
d
,
s
he n
o
dde
d
a
nd
re
t
u
r
n
e
d
the
kiss
e
s.
U
na
b
le
to
w
r
ap
h
e
r
a
r
ms a
r
o
u
nd
him. She
e
nci
r
cl
e
d
h
is hips with h
e
r
l
e
gs and
he
g
r
o
an
ed
.
“
Go
d
, y
o
u’r
e
g
o
nna g
e
t me
ag
a
in, w
o
man.”
“
T
hat
’
s fine
bu
t
u
ntie
me
fi
r
st.
T
h
is time
I
g
e
t
t
o
t
o
u
ch y
o
u
.”
S
o
G
a
rre
tt
obe
y
e
d
h
er
.
h
a
pt
er
T
w
e
n
t
y
Sq
u
a
r
e
“What a
r
e
y
o
u
s
o
n
er
v
o
u
s a
b
o
u
t?”
H
e
r
n
er
v
e
s
w
er
e
maki
n
g
h
i
s
n
er
v
e
s
a
m
e
ss. “
I
t
’
s j
u
st
the m
o
nthly
m
ee
ting.
I
t
’
s
a
ch
e
ck
-
in.
We all
e
at
and
dr
ink
t
o
o
m
u
ch
and an
n
o
u
nce st
u
ff
a
nd
b
asically k
ee
p
t
r
ack
o
f
e
ach
o
th
er
.”
“
I’
m j
u
st
re
ally n
er
v
o
u
s.
I
d
o
n
’
t k
n
o
w. S
o
rr
y. S
o
rr
y.”
G
a
rre
t
t
wa
t
ch
e
d
h
e
r
and
c
o
u
l
d
n
’
t
h
e
lp
bu
t
s
mil
e
.
H
e
r
ch
ee
ks
w
er
e
ro
sy
a
nd
the wind
ru
sh
e
d
d
o
w
n
into
the vall
e
y
t
o
ss
i
ng
h
e
r
hair a
r
o
u
nd like
w
h
e
at
in
a
fi
e
l
d
.
B
ig
br
o
wn
e
y
e
s
s
h
o
t
with
haz
e
l
m
a
gnifi
e
d
b
y
the
s
u
n
light
gaz
e
d
at
him.
S
he
g
r
inn
e
d
b
ig and
he
be
nt
t
o
take
h
e
r
face
in his
h
an
d
s and
he
k
i
ss
e
d
h
er
.
H
e
r
l
ips
w
er
e
wa
r
m
and
sw
ee
t
a
nd
h
e
r
t
o
ng
u
e
tast
e
d
l
ike
h
o
n
e
y
and
c
re
am
f
r
o
m h
e
r
t
e
a.
“
T
e
ll
m
e
.”
“
T
h
ere’
s
n
o
thing
t
o
t
e
ll,”
s
he
said
and
she
was lyi
n
g.
“
T
e
ll
m
e
.”
He h
e
ld
h
e
r
i
n
place
th
o
u
gh
s
he
sta
r
t
e
d
to
walk.
He lift
e
d
h
e
r
e
asily
f
r
o
m the
g
r
o
u
nd
and
h
e
r
f
ee
t
walk
e
d
t
o
n
o
wh
ere
.
L
iv la
u
gh
ed
.
“
Pu
t
me
d
o
wn!
U
nhand
m
e
,
y
o
u
bru
t
e!
”