Choosing Her Lover

Chapter 30

‘A Conspiracy of Ravens’

 

Part Four

A Conspiracy of Ravens

My morning walk with the dogs: there is a figure jogging towards me on the beach, a small dog trotting at his heels. I turn to walk the other way.

“Kirstie!” Ben’s voice carries on the breeze. “Kirstie....”

I ignore him and keep walking.

After a minute or so, there is panting and Ben appears at my side, breathing heavily.

“Kirstie, please….”

Perhaps I should find another place to walk….

“…. We need to talk,” he says.

“I don’t think so. I saw your idea of talking.” I keep moving, stepping up my pace a little, doing everything I can to discourage the conversation.

“Please, Kirstie. Do you want me to apologise? Alright, I apologise. Is that good enough for you?”

I stop, turning to face him. “What exactly are you apologising for?”

His face falls. “I’m apologising for losing my temper as I did. It came as a bit of a shock, everything that you said, that Michael said.”

“And for threatening Charlotte?”

Now he reddens. “I wasn’t threatening her.”

up my mood, milling around me, jittery and

her, Ben. She tried to get away from you, but you shoved her. I saw it.

have hit her.” He sounds

further away if you

and he backs away. “You don’t really

Ben? Even the dogs are reading you, your body language. They’re not happy. I barely know you, but quite a bit of what I’ve

don’t care for.” he snaps. “You screw around, and you

that wasn’t there because they wanted to be. No-one was coerced and everyone enjoyed themselves. And the same applies to Michael’s arrangements with James and

“You didn’t have to

If he thinks you’re a threat to Charlotte, on another occasion I’m not sure he’d bother with

the sand with a toe, then,

“I can’t believe that’s a serious question. Yes, I do. You’ve apologised to me, but I don’t think it’s me you should be talking to. I think

won’t look me in the eye, instead staring out to sea. He nods, a sharp down-thrust of his chin, and then jogs back

*****

me, sitting in

on the window and his face lights up as he sees me.

was passing, so I thought

Coming in for

all

cue, my panties

I go through the motions of putting water on to boil, coffee in cups

waist, his face close to mine

jaw and down to my neck where he has placed his mark on me, his ownership; the velvet band I wear around my neck, his gift to

horny, are we?” I

smile of a fallen angel, “Oh, yes, and

arms, I curve

says. “I have a

“Ideas?”

draw curtains and light a

makes

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