My Elizabeth - Chapter 27

 

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Where is my Marlboro Man?

Where is his shiny gun?

Where is my lonely ranger?

Where have all the cowboys gone?

Yipee-yi, yipee-yay.    -Paula Cole-

 

Chapter 27

-  Twenty-six hours later -

Buffy woke in William’s arms.  A sliver of light crept around the edge of the curtain that surrounded their bed, and she could see that he was deeply asleep.  His sharp cheekbones were covered in a fine dusting of whiskers, and her fingers itched to rub against them.

He looked so innocent in sleep.  Truth be told, he looked pretty innocent while awake, too.  Sometimes, though, when he gave her that sideways glance, something sensual leapt behind his blue eyes that caused her breath to catch.  She moved her hand up to his throat and placed her fingers against it gently, so as not to wake him.  The thrum of his heartbeat never failed to steady her.

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