Dancing Tides (174 page)

B
ut he
still
e
d h
e
r
h
a
nd.
“
N
ot
y
e
t.
I
t
’
s b
ee
n too lo
n
g
f
o
r
m
e
.
L
e
t
’
s
g
e
t
y
ou t
h
er
e
f
i
r
st b
eca
use
I
g
u
a
r
a
nt
e
e
it
w
o
n
’
t t
a
ke
long
f
or
m
e
.
”

So th
e
y
r
oll
e
d.
H
a
nds
g
r
op
e
d.
F
i
n
g
e
r
s took tu
r
ns
f
inding
c
u
r
v
e
s, h
a
r
d mus
c
l
e
,
a
nd d
e
g
ree
s
o
f
so
f
t
f
l
e
sh.

She
ra
n h
e
r
h
a
nds
a
lo
n
g po
werf
ul should
er
s,
l
ea
n
a
bs
a
nd do
w
n
a
cr
oss the
s
car
s on his
c
h
e
st.
A
t h
e
r
tou
c
h,
Ke
e
g
a
n h
ear
d him su
c
k in
a
b
r
ea
th.
B
ut she
on
l
y
smil
e
d
a
t the
u
g
l
y
r
i
d
g
e
s
a
nd l
ea
n
e
d in to sp
r
ea
d
k
iss
e
s
a
long
the
j
a
gg
e
d
e
d
g
e
s.

B
ut
w
h
e
n it
g
ot too mu
c
h, he
s
w
it
c
h
e
d th
e
ir
positions
a
nd took the
time
to b
rea
k
c
on
t
ac
t long
e
no
u
g
h to h
e
lp
h
e
r
wr
ig
g
le
o
ut of
h
e
r
j
e
a
ns.
She
j
er
k
e
d h
e
r
s
w
e
a
t
e
r
u
p.
H
e
tugg
e
d it o
ff
—th
re
w
it
a
g
a
inst the
wa
ll.

He
r
l
a
c
e
p
a
nti
e
s
b
eca
me
a
i
r
bo
r
n
e.

T
h
e
ir
mouths
f
us
e
d tog
e
t
h
e
r
like
molt
e
n m
e
t
a
l.
I
m
m
e
di
a
t
e
,
a
d
e
pt
f
i
n
g
er
s
f
l
i
c
k
e
d the
f
r
ont
c
l
a
sp of
h
e
r
b
ra
, t
o
y
e
d
w
ith a
b
rea
st.
H
e
took a
p
ea
k into his mouth, su
c
kl
e
d
.
H
is ton
g
ue
sli
c
k
e
d
war
m
a
nd
w
e
t ov
e
r
the
o
t
h
er
.

A
ll th
a
t
crea
m
y
f
l
e
sh m
a
de
him
wa
nt to s
a
vor
e
a
c
h bite
until he
put his lips
to b
e
tt
e
r
use
a
nd skimm
e
d do
w
n skin
a
l
rea
d
y
slipp
e
r
y
d
a
mp.

H
e
s
a
mpl
e
d b
e
l
l
y
a
nd th
e
n nibbl
e
d thi
g
h.

A
thin sli
c
e
of
g
i
n
g
er
-
c
olo
re
d h
a
ir
d
r
e
w
him in
wa
r
d.
W
ild hun
g
e
r
d
r
ove
h
i
m to t
a
ste
a
ll of
h
er
.
H
e
put his ton
g
ue
to
w
o
r
k, b
ac
k
a
nd
f
o
r
th,
i
n
a
nd out.

A
nd
w
h
e
n she
mo
a
n
e
d h
i
s n
a
me
t
r
iumph so
are
d t
h
r
ou
g
h him like
the
s
w
ee
t
e
st
c
on
c
e
r
t h
e’
d
e
v
e
r
h
e
ar
d.
T
h
e
ir
e
y
e
s lo
c
k
e
d.
H
e
wa
t
c
h
e
d d
e
si
r
e
build in l
a
y
e
r
s until she
fr
a
c
tu
re
d into
r
ippl
e
s of
blue
c
r
a
shing
wa
v
e
s.

T
h
e
n his
f
ing
er
s sp
a
n
n
e
d
the
s
ear
i
n
g
h
e
a
t.
H
e
not
e
d d
e
si
r
e
blossoming
a
g
a
i
n in h
e
r
e
y
e
s, the
w
a
y
it tu
r
n
e
d th
e
m a
d
ee
p
e
r
s
a
pphi
r
e
b
ef
o
r
e
g
l
a
z
ing
ov
er
,
c
ompl
e
t
e
l
y
d
ous
e
d in pl
ea
su
re
.