Southern Discomfort (16 page)

“I was so
alone. I thought Victor killed everyone. I heard so many shots.”

“I know,
darling. But I found you. You are safe now. Everyone is fine. You are
going to be fine. Isn't she, Charles?”

“Of course, but
I need to look at your eyes, Emily. Katie cover up the windows a
little.”

“She's
shaking?” Nathaniel was puzzled. “Are you cold, darling?”

Emily was scared.
More scared than she had ever been before a spanking. “Am, I going
to die?” She squeezed her husband's hand. She wanted to hear the
truth.

“Nonsense,”
Katie called out. “What you are going to do, is to lie down as much
as Charles says you need to, drinks lots of water and eat to gain
your strength back.” She picked up a blanket threw it over the
curtains.

Charles removed
the blindfold.

Emily squinted
against the light. She leaned into her husband for protection.

Nathaniel was so
glad to see her. “Emily,” he had to smile. He reached out to her
face and stroked a finger along her jawline. “I thought I had lost
you.”

She shyly opened
her eyes and looked at him. “No, you found me.”

Nathaniel stared
down at his wife, sleeping. Charles was insisting that she would be
alright. She just needed to gain her strength back.

She was so
beautiful. The moon was shining bright. He had taken her out to the
pond and washed her in the moonlight. She had had such dirty hands
and mouth.

It had felt good
to have her in his arms again. Her naked body would always be his
home. The place that his heart needed to return to.

She had clung to
him, still too weak to support herself. Their helpers had gone home
when Charles had told them that she was going to be alright. She had
just grown so dear to all of their hearts. The pastor had come in and
said a prayer with her, thanking God that everyone dear to them was
safe.

Bessie had come
in and told her her good news too. That had really pleased Emily.
Charles had sent his wife back to bed. She still had to heal up from
her own wound. They were all glad that Victor couldn't shoot well.

Emily stirred on
the bed. “Nathaniel,” she called out. She was in panic, thinking
that she was back in the dark ice house.

Nathaniel picked
up the glass of water he had waiting for her, and lifted her up to
sitting. He had her resting against his chest. “I'm here, darling.
Take another sip.” He held the glass to her lips and slowly let the
water trickle into her mouth.

“I'm safe? This
isn't another dream?”

He worried about
what dreams had haunted her while she was locked away like that. “No,
you are safe in our own bed. I'm holding onto you.”

Emily sighed so
relieved.

Nathaniel lit a
candle and read poems to her, while she ate some of the food that
Katie had put on a plate for her.

Nathaniel read
until she fell asleep again. He kissed her forehead and laid her down
again. He finally believed that she would be alright.

Nathaniel dropped
to his knees on the floor and folded his hands close to her body. He
thanked the lord for saving her. She was such a gift to him, in every
way. This was God's way of telling him that he loved him.

Nathaniel felt
her hand on his head. She was gently petting through his hair.

“Tell me what
happened?” she asked.

“Victor
Wellington is dead. He will never bother you again.”

“I'm sorry that
you had to kill him, because of me. Are you trouble with guilt? Is
that why you are praying?”

“No, I was
thanking God that he sent you to me.” He smiled at her. He would
never tire of looking into her beautiful face.

“But I caused
so much trouble?”

“No, not you
Victor Wellington. No one feels guilty about Victor Wellington. He
shot Edward in the shoulder and then he shot Bessie too. It was in
defense. Besides I wasn't the only one who shot him, Charles, Bessie
and Mr. Brown from the store all shot him too. That man will have a
lot of explaining to do when he stands before the Lord. The only good
thing about him was that he couldn't shot.”

“But that's not
true. He was a very good gunmen. He was in a club back home and he
always won. Victor would stop by and drag to me, showing me his
trophies.” It had always felt a bit like a threat. As if he was
saying, see what I can do.

“Then it was
God's hand over his keeping us safe. I swear that I will do a better
job protecting you from now on. But you have to obey me. If you had,
than those terrible things wouldn't have happened to you. I half a
mind to punish you yet.”

Emily sobbed. “I
know I deserve it but if I wouldn't have gone out when I did. I truly
believe that he would have hidden in the bushes and shot all three of
you when you came in from the range.”

“Don't cry,
darling. Everything turned out like it should. I'm not going to
punish you, but you need to obey me. I worry that you won't. You
don't seem to take me very seriously.”

“That's not
true. I just forgot.”

“You like to
forget things in the spur of the moment.”

“Nathaniel,
perhaps it would be best if I had Wednesday spankings, too?”

“No, it
wouldn't. We men have all decided to put that on hold for a while,
what with you and Bessie expecting. Katie was so upset when she
thought that Edward had died, that I figure that he won't have the
heart to spank her, without cause, for a long time. I reckon that my
brothers have been living with the uncertainty of their wives love.
Never knowing if they were with them out of love, or because they
wanted to get away from where they were.” Nathaniel was asking
himself if that was the reason that he had wanted a virgin. He was
certain that his Emily loved him.

“Victor told me
that they were – ” She dropped her voice to an almost silent
whisper. “Whores.”

“Yes, they
were. Their mother died when they were very young and their father
was poor. He sold them to the local whorehouse when they were barely
women. They didn't have an easy life.”

“I'm so glad
that they are here now. I love them both like they are my own
sisters. I had always wanted a sister. Now I have two.”

“I'm glad you
see it that way too, darling. I love you so much.” He leaned in and
kissed her. She was so sweet and good hearted.

“I love you
too, Nathaniel,” Emily said, wrapping her arms around him.

They whispered
about this and that to one another until they fell asleep. They were
more than just a married couple, they were friends, too.

Emily picked up
the child at her feet. It wasn't her own child but things like that
didn't matter. Each child on the ranch was loved, whether it was a
son or a daughter or a niece or a nephew.

Emily was in
charge of keeping the five children out of the way today. That was a
tall order, but it was necessary. Bessie couldn't be with her three
children right now. She was inside helping Katie.

Nathaniel rode in
and started laughing when he saw his wife holding their baby daughter
in one arm and balancing his nephew on her hip. Her tummy was
slightly rounded, showing that their would soon be another child out
here running with the others.

“Pa,” Jacob
softly called up to him. “I need help, making a knot. Please, show
me again.”

Nathaniel swung
off his horse and bent down to his shy son. He showed the beautiful
child what he wanted and watched him practice.

Jacob looked so
much like his father, but he had his mother's manner. He was never
loud or wild. Everyone was glad that his peacefulness rubbed off on
Bessie and Charles' two boys. They needed someone like him to help
keep them out of trouble.

The window open
on the second floor. “Twins,” Bessie called out. “Two beautiful
girls. Mother and children are doing just fine.”

Edward, who had
been pacing up and down the yard, ran into the house to see his wife
and their children. They had had a long wait for a child, but they
were finally parents now.

A
Man To Guide Her

This
book is about Ashley and Jackson. Jackson quickly falls in love with
Ashley, who has never heard of Domestic Discipline. Jackson is
clearly a firm believer. Will she marry him despite that?

Hot
Cooking Spanker Wanted

Katherine, a
famous author, is writing a book about Domestic Abuse but she just
can't put herself in the shoes of her main character. On the net she
sees advertisements for people wanted to be spanked and other about
people looking for someone to spank them. Maybe if she felt a bit of
pain she could write better.

She posts her own
ad and Ryan answers. He is a professional cook, as well as an actor,
and he is willing to help Katherine anyway he thinks she needs it.

Have
A Heart

Brianna was born
with a heart condition. She has missed so school that her grades
weren't good enough for her to get into a normal college. Her father
pulled a few strings to get her into an all girls school for lazy
students with potential. There she meets Scott. It's Scott's job to
make sure that all the girls work up to their full potential.
Unfortunately no one told him about Brianna's heart condition. This
is a romance book but we are keeping it a secret from Brianna who
will first find out in book two that Scott has fallen in love with
her. I am working on book three at the moment.

Have
a Heart Part II

Brianna Banks was
born heart sick. The doctors told her parents that she wouldn't live
a month. They fought to keep her alive and raise her with lots of
love and discipline when she needed it.

Brianna is now
nineteen and she is off to her second year of college with her best
friend Cathy.

Cathy is hiding
from her x-boyfriend at college. Her big brother Scott watches out
for all the girls on the floor of their dorm. He is floor
disciplinarian. It is his job to make sure that all the girls behave
as they should.

Scott has
feelings for Brianna but he has to keep that to himself or he will
lose his job. He is counting the days to summer vacation when he can
tell Brianna the truth, confessing his love for her. But how will she
react?

Island
Men

Craig
Sullivan has left his island home, along with a few other young men,
to search for that one woman who will complete them, and love them
for the rest of their lives.

Before
they left their Pastor gave them some very practical advice. He told
them, 'All women are very beautiful. None are perfect. It is often
the case that the prettier they are on the outside, the uglier they
are on the inside. Choose based on the inside'.

When
Craig sees Heather, he figures that a woman of her beauty can never
be kind and nice. He tells his friends that she isn't marriage
material. She overhears that and can't understand why a stranger
would insult her, like he had.

Craig
feels guilty and tells her that he will marry her, wanting to prove
to her how marriageable she is. Heather ignores him and goes about
her work. She has bigger worries than him.

Craig
follows her and sees that he has insulted the nicest person on earth.
He finds out that she is working herself to the bone to pay for her
mother's medical costs.

Can
he convince her that he truly does want to marry her? Or has he burnt
his bridges?

Sugar
Daddy

Liz
is a Freshman in College. After a falling out with her parents it
becomes clear that she can't afford to stay in college. That is,
unless, she finds herself a Sugar Daddy to help her with her bills.

Luke
is the owner of the biggest factory in town. Since he moved there
recently he hasn't had time to start a serious relationship. And he
won't have time for dating in near future either. But he does have
needs. One is to make it clear to the women at work that he isn't
interested in them. His other needs are more basic, he wants a
beautiful woman in bed but only when he has time. What he needs is a
call girl. But the one he talks to over the internet confesses that
she is still a virgin.

The
arrange to meet on Thanksgiving Day. Will Liz go through with it?
Could they ever have a serious relationship with the way their
liaison began?

Warning: This
book is a tearjerker.

Two
Worlds Collide

Melissa is
walking to school on the hottest day of the century when explosions
start. She hides in a school building, waiting to die. She looks back
on her life and feels that she has been too boring. When an extremely
tall man reaches down and picks for up her world collides with his.

He takes her to
his spaceship but the two can't understand each other. The one thing
they do understand is their need for one another, no matter where
they are or who is around.