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Previously in the Wild, Wild West
Abe talked to me briefly but after he was satisfied that I was fine he headed off to the Inn too. Eddie and Mason headed home which left Dimitri and I alone. He walked me back to the Saloon and up to my room. He stayed for awhile just holding on to me, kissing me, caressing my hand and talking. It was very late so he said good night and went back to the Inn. I was so exhausted I just fell into my bed ready for sleep to take me. I couldn't help but wonder what could possibly happen in the next 24 hours. Oh yeah the town meeting, that should be loads of fun! I thought sarcastically. I closed my eyes and let the blackness envelope me.
Chapter 9 Together We Stand
Lissa screamed. I screamed. "No, no keep going! We have to get there!"
"They're torturing her, smothering her!" I need to get to her. "No, Roza you stay here." He said.
"The hell with that, I have to go help her." I growl.
I can feel myself tossing and turning. My eyes feel like they are glued shut, no matter how hard I try I'm powerless to open them. It's so frustrating! I am somewhere between sleep and consciousness, it's a groggy disorienting feeling. My mind is fighting to wake, but I am paralyzed in some kind of in between floating state. I can hear people, voices and sounds around me that I can't seem to identify. The sounds are all so muffled and swirling together. I shout 'I'm here hello, can you hear me?' But I am disappointed, no one responds. I feel tingling warmth on my cheek. I stop thrashing and focus on the electrified touch. A hand is stroking my cheek, warmth on my forehead, soft lips. "I miss you Roza." He whispers in my ear. "Ilove you, so much. I'm right here waiting for you." The voice is fading getting quieter, it sounds so far away. I desperately want to tell him I'm right here, but…he's gone. I am empty and alone. I fall into blackness. I'm drifting, free falling.
I violently jerk awake. It felt like I was falling, I hate that feeling. I was falling through some kind of blackness. My eyes dart around the room franticly. I'm desperately trying to make sense out of anything, everything. I feel so confused, like I'm in the wrong place at the wrong time. I groan in frustration and scrunch my eyes shut. I pounded the bed with my fist in anger. "What is going on?" I scream out loud. Suddenly, the dream pops back in my mind "Lissa" I have to go check on her NOW! The compulsion to go to her is irresistible.
I jump from my bed anxious to get to her. I hastily grab the first clothes I see. I literally throw them on as I franticly run down the narrow steps. I run through the Saloon, out the swinging doors, across the street. I burst in the door, dashing up the stairs two steps at a time. Shit I don't know which room is hers. Damn it I need to calm down. I close my eyes to think. I can almost feel her. I start to move only taking a few steps, but I collide into something, I wasn't watching where I was going.
Not something, someone. "Oh I'm so sorry…" I start and then look up. My breath hitches at the sight of the god before me. Only inches from me with wet hair, tan bare skin, only a towel wrapped around his beautiful amazing body. My eyes wander slowly up from his feet, drinking in his long sexy bare legs, a damp towel, his chiseled muscular stomach and chest, beautiful strong bare arms, droplets of water sliding down his neck and chest. My eyes travel to his sharp jaw line, his soft sensual lips, and upward to the deep chocolate pools of his eyes. My heart is instantly racing as I stare into those gorgeous eyes.
My breath is wildly unsteady as my hand impulsively reaches up and grazes the warm tan skin in front of me. I watch as the emotions of surprise, desire, and passion play across his face when my hand makes contact with his exposed flesh. He sucks in a sharp breath. "Roza" he whispers like a prayer. The red hot desire that burns within the depth of his eyes makes me feel a flush of yearning all over.
My hand eagerly moves of its own accord. My fingers spread apart over his skin tracing the droplets path. His eyes close enjoying the enticing sensation of my hand on him, his breathing becoming rougher. I bring my other hand to his cheek gently resting my palm against his handsome face and lovingly stroking his lips with my thumb. His eyes snap open looking at me hungrily. His arms robustly encircle me as his lips crash down to mine. My hand entangles his wet locks of hair.
His mouth attacks mine ravenously. I zealously respond with just as much hunger. He roughly pushes me to a door and opens it. We clumsily maneuver our way with out looking where we are going. I faintly hear the door shut behind him. My hands have found their own path enthusiastically caressing his skin wherever they can reach. Our lips are inseparable. Our breath is heavy and labored.
My thoughts are exhilarated with want and need. Any thoughts I previously had are shoved to the back of my mind. All that is captivating my mind now is his tantalizing touch, his deep breathing, his powerful movement. He lays me down on the bed and crawls over the top of me. It feels unbelievably good pressed up against his warm flesh. His hand seductively travels down my body skimming the edge of my breast, blissfully caressing my waist and hip as his hand moves down to the edge of my nightgown. He tenderly strokes the skin on my thigh leaving a trail of fire burning everywhere he touches. His hot wet mouth leaves mine grazing my neck with his teeth. He gently bites down on my sensitive flesh setting my body ablaze causing me to moan. "Oh god, you feel so good." I breathe.
"Roza, I want you more then I have ever wanted anything." He urgently whispers.
"I want you too, more then you could possibly imagine." I whisper back.
Meeting my eyes he says "Roza, I think we should wait. I want this to be special for you and me. I want to romance you, worship you, honor your body and cherish every moment for hours."…. "I want you to have no question how utterly devoted that I am to you now and forever."…. "I want to build a life with you Roza; I don't want to rush into anything." He looked at me with so much love and reverence, mixed with his passion and desire. His eyes pleading for me to understand what he is saying. A huge smile brakes across my face "That's the sweetest thing I think I have ever heard."
He smiles back "Roza, I think…. I think I love you" his emotion pouring from him in a way I never expected.
"I take that back, THAT is the sweetest thing I have ever heard because I think I love you too." I said giggling. His facial expression is breathtaking. I can hardly keep up with all the emotions playing across his face in that moment. I watch as surprise crosses his features, then his eyes widen when the realization of what I said seems to hit him. My heart skips a beat when the absolute delight spreads across his face as his eyes shimmer with happiness. His lips found mine once again, but it's a slow tender loving warm deep kiss. It reflected everything he just said to me and more. He pulled me into a hug and held me close for a long moment. I relish in his reaction and I'm dizzy with happiness.
When he leaned back he had a puzzled look on his face "Why are you here?" He asked with a humorous note in his voice. I laugh "I could take that in more then one way, you know." He chuckled "you know what I mean."… "You seemed to be in a hurry until you ran into me." He said with a smirk. I laughed again. "You're right; I need to see if Lissa is ok, for my own peace of mind."…"I had this horrible dream; it kind of freaked me out."… "You and your beautiful body distracted me from my mission." I said running my fingertips playfully down his chest. I knew I was really testing his control when he closed his eyes and took a deep calming breath.
"If you keep that up, you won't be leaving this room." He said with a husky voice his accent thick and sexy.
"I think I might be ok with that." I say with a man-eater smile. He growled. Oh so deep and sexy. A thrill ran through my body. "Me too, but for now you should go check on Lissa."…."Ok, do you know which room she's in?"….."Yes, end of the hall on the left." He said as he pulled me up into a sitting position.
I take a second to look at which room I am in, I laugh again. He looks confused. "This is my room." I say pointing around the room. His eyebrows furrow, he still doesn't understand. "I grew up here in this Inn; we lived here in the harsher winters. This was my room" I say with a smile. He now smiles with understanding. "I will tell you the story sometime soon." I say and give him a quick kiss as I get up. He grabs me by the waist and pulls me to him for one more hug his head resting on my chest. I run my fingers lovingly through his damp hair like a comb. When he let me go he said "go now before I keep you forever." He said with a mischievous grin. I laugh and walk to the door. "I will see you later." I said with a wink. I open the door partially to slip my body through and step out into the hall.
Closing the door quietly, I lean against it to take a deep breath. My mind is reeling. "I think I love you" is ringing over and over. I feel like I could fly. My heart feels like it will explode with happiness. His words were so beautiful. I'm so shocked by it all, but yet I felt the connection from the beginning. I shake my head to jar my brain to the present. I sigh heavily. Pushing myself away from his door I make my way to Lissa.
Knocking quietly I say "Lissa, it's me, can I come in?" Nothing happens. Knocking louder I hear a groggy voice say "Who is it?"…. "Liss it's me Rose." …"Rose? What are you…..doing here?" she opened the door. "So early" she finishes. She squints at me as if I am a figment of her imagination.
"Hi" I say shyly. "Hello? Is something wrong?" …."No, I just….had a bad dream." She frowns. "Dream?" …."Yeah, I'm sorry to wake you, I just needed to see that you were ok…. My dream, it was about you ….and well, it freaked me out… a little." I say sheepishly. "I'm sorry" she said pulling me into a hug. "No, its ok, I'm ok, I just had to make sure you were safe." I mumbled in her hair. "The dreams I have been having are so real, they really shake me up." I say with a shrug and step back. "Well come in and tell me about it." Grabbing my arm she pulls me in to sit on her bed.
I flop down and fall to my back on the crumpled covers on the bed. Looking up at the ceiling I follow the pattern in the tiles with my eyes. Collecting my thoughts I take a deep breath I look at her with a smile on my face. "There's something more that you didn't tell me I can see it on your face." She says slowly, eyeing me curiously. I laugh "you are not going to believe what just happened." I say with a big grin. "What?" she says with big eyes.
So, I tell her about the dream, even though I have no idea what it was. We talk about my weird feeling of in between sleep and consciousness and the whispering voice that I heard again. I tell her how I just jumped up and ran over here. Then I smile and tell her about the hallway, seeing a mostly naked Dimitri. "Oh my god Rose, what did you do?" she says urgently. I told her about touching him and kissing him and ending up in the room on the bed and what he said to me "and then he said ….I think I love you…..can you believe that!" I said in a happy whisper squeal. "No way!" she screeches back. "Yep, and I said that it was the sweetest thing I have ever heard and that I think I love him too." Grinning like crazy "NO WAY" she says excitedly. "But how? How did this happen so fast? I can't believe this Rose!" …. "I know, I know I can't believe it either." I say shaking my head.
We laugh and talk a little more and I asked what she was doing today. "I guess with all your excitement you forgot I got my own thing happening today that I am dieing for!" She smiled "You're right I'm sorry I don't remember" I say cringing wrinkling my face up trying to remember. "One word …. Christian!" …. "OH! I totally forgot he was coming home!" …. "Well I sure didn't!" she said skipping over to one of our packages we bought yesterday and pulling out a beautiful dress for her to wear. "Christian's going to love that!" I said nodding my head. "His train arrives at 1 PM so I am going to spend my time getting ready." She said happily dancing around the room with the beautiful dress floating in the air.
"I'll help, but I need to go change too." I look down and see I am only wearing a nightgown and grimace. "I guess I need a robe." She tosses me a fluffy white robe that was hanging on the back of the door. I put it on and hurried back to the Saloon. Thank god it was still really early and no one saw me. I cleaned up, changed my clothes and brushed my hair and my teeth. I grabbed the last one of Lissa's homemade donuts and headed back to her room.
I spent the whole morning helping Lissa get ready fixing her hair and makeup. We talked the whole time just as we used to. We put the finishing touches on and she slipped into the new dress. She was ready to go. Her eyes were sparkling with excitement and had a radiant smile. I was really happy for her, because I know how much she has missed him. He is a Royal and was traveling on business for the Ozera family.
Lissa and her driver Pavel were heading to the train station to pick up Christian, so I said my good bye and headed back to the Saloon. As I walked back I saw Dimitri walking in my direction so I waited for him. Just seeing him walk towards me makes my heart beat faster. I have this urge to run and jump into his arms and kiss him with everything I've got in me. Happiness surges through me knowing he is mine. I take a deep breath and try to act calm.
"Have you had lunch?" I ask smiling at him.
"I came to ask you the same" he said with a big grin.
"Ok, come on lets go figure something out!" I take his arm and lead him into my Saloon.
As we figure out what I had there to eat we spent the time just talking about little things. He was at ease and relaxed. He asked what I did this morning and I told him about Lissa and Christian. I asked him how his day had been so far. He told me about Abe introducing him to Mayor Lazar and discussing the town meeting. We sat down and ate. It was comfortable just being with him. We were putting the lunch things away when he wrapped his arms around me. He was standing behind me like the last time we were in here doing dishes. He slid my hair to one side again and sensuously kissed my neck. I closed my eyes as the goose bumps covered my body. I let out a quiet sigh of content.
"Thank you for lunch." He said quietly.
"I would offer you some dessert, but the only thing I have is me." I say with a big smile.
He growled "Oh, I would take some of that any day." He gently bit and sucked on my neck. I giggle. I turned in his arms to face him and wrap my arms around his neck.
"Well, let me give you some sugar then." I say in my best sexy voice. I pull him down to my lips. The kiss is definitely sweet. After a few minutes of passionate kissing he pulled back to look into my eyes.
"You are so amazing, you know that?" He said with sincerity. I smile.
"I know, I'm Rose Hathaway." I say lightly blowing on my fingernails and rubbing them against my shirt. He cracked up laughing. The sound wrapped around me like a blanket of happiness. He pulled me in for a hug and kissed the top of my head.
"Well, Rose Hathaway, I think you are incredible." I look at him and say a sincere "thank you" He takes a deep breath as he stands there looking into my eyes. I feel week in the knees when he looks at me like that.
"I hate to say this, but I must go for a little while, I have to be prepared for tonight's town meeting. This is the first time the town will officially meet me as their Sheriff." He said nervously. I was surprised by his nervousness, but tried to be supportive "You will do just fine, they will love you." He shrugged "let's hope so" he said quietly. He slid his hand in mine and gently pulled me towards the Saloon. When we reached the door he gave me a slow passionate kiss. I could feel his reluctance to leave. I gave him a small smile and a "see you later" He nodded and left.
The town meeting will be held in my Saloon so I spent some time getting things prepared. When I was done I went to the stable to see Jezebel. When I walked in Mason was nowhere to be found and Jez was in the corral. I called for her and she trotted over to me. I gave her a sugar cube and talked to her. I decided to groom her. I ran in grabbed a brush from the stables. I was there most of the afternoon. I could hear Mason pounding metal on the other side of the building, being the blacksmith in town he must have been working on something. I was in my own little world thinking about Dimitri.
I was trying to figure out why things have happened so fast for us. Maybe its love at first sight or maybe destiny, maybe soul mates. I don't know. I only know that when we are together I feel that sense of completeness. As long as he is in my life I will be happy. I was pulled from my thoughts from someone calling my name. I realized it was Masson and looked around for him. When I found him walking toward me I smiled to him.
"Hey Rosie, I didn't know you were coming by today." He said with a grin.
"I know I had some spare time before the town meeting and I haven't spent any of my time with Jez lately." I said
"Awe, and here I thought you were dieing to see me!" he said faking hurt. I laughed.
"See, there you go thinking again." I said sarcastically. He laughed and his eyes sparkled. It's always fun harassing each other, but we know we don't mean anything by it.
"Speaking of thinking…. I was thinking about the dance next weekend…. Are you going?" he asked hesitantly.
"Ah yeah….. I am." I say trying to keep it casual, but I think I know where this conversation is headed. Crap
"Good…. Do you have a date?" he asked curiously.
"Well umm….. Yes." I lie to him, but I didn't know what to say, if I'm with anybody it would be Dimitri.
"Oh" he looks down disappointed. I feel bad, but I can't let him ask me to go with him when I would say no. I know I will hurt him if I lead him on. There is an awkward silence for a minute.
"Ok, well I need to get back to work." He said sadly. I nodded.
"Ok, yeah I am done with Jez so I am going to go too. So I will see you at the town meeting in a little while." I say trying to change the subject.
"Yep, I'll be there, see you." He said walking away.
Man that sucked! I feel so bad, but it won't be long before people figure out that Dimitri and I are together. I know Mason will be unhappy, but what can I do. I can only hope he can accept it. I sigh and shake my head as I think about hurting someone I care so much about. My mood is depressed as I head back to the Saloon. As I walk I decide there is nothing I can do and I just need to put it out of my mind. I will deal with it when it happens.
Everyone started gathering for the town meeting. It looked as if we would have a big turnout. I sat back and watched as people started to find seats. Mayor Lazar and the council members arrived early. The council only consists of 4 towns' people, 2 men and 2 women. Abe was one of course; the other man on the council is Lucas Ozera, Christian's father. The Ozera Family owns a fairly large estate just outside of town. They have been prominent members of the community for as long as I can remember. The two women were Tatiana Ivashkov who I believe is Adrian's aunt, and Pricilla Voda her husband is the banker in town.
Abe is guiding Dimitri around the room introducing him to everyone. I watch as he graciously greets people. He is very respectful and composed. I watch as the ladies practically trip over themselves to meet the handsome young Sheriff. They practically drool at the sight of his beautiful body.
I am somewhat amused by the whole spectacle until the floozy Tasha shows up and is trying to cling to him like he's the last man on earth. I have the urge to punch her in the face, but as soon as she tried to get a hold on him he casually slipped out of her reach. She didn't take the hint and tried again, but Dimitri the smart man he is put Abe and a few others between him and her. It was quite comical to watch. As he separated himself her he glanced around the room looking for me. When he found me watching him he gave me a small smile.
He excused himself from the conversation and walked to me. I smiled as he approached.
"Are you having fun?" I ask. He rolled his eyes at me. I laughed.
"I can think of other things that are a lot more fun." He said quietly giving me a smoldering look. He reached out and slid his fingertip down my arm. I shivered at the tingling contact. At my reaction he gave me a breathtaking smile. He moved closer to me, but we were brought to attention by the Mayor banging on the table up on stage.
I noticed that Christian and Lissa had just arrived. They looked extremely happy. I can't imagine why. As far as I knew, they had disappeared into the Inn for most of the afternoon. The radiant glow on Lissa's face said it all. She saw me standing in the back corner with Dimitri and headed our direction.
Everyone quieted down from their ramblings and focused their attention on the Mayor.
"Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen." The Mayor said. "We are here tonight to discuss recent events that have taken place. It seems we have been having some trouble around town since the Dashkov Brother's arrived. I have no evidence that supports that they have been the cause of all the problems, but we have decided to take some safety measures for the towns' people. Most of you have now met the gentleman I am about to introduce but I would like to formally introduce you all to the new Sheriff." He looked around the room and his eyes fell upon Dimitri, he motioned for him to come up to the stage.
I could see the nervousness in him as he walked up there but he handled it cool and collected. He stepped up made a slight bow to everyone and said "good evening"
The Mayor spoke again with authority. "Ladies and Gentleman this is Dimitri Belikov, the new Sheriff of St. Vladimir." There was a rumble through the crowd. "I meet Mr. Belikov earlier this afternoon and discussed his proposal for keep the peace. He seems to have some good ideas so we will propose those ideas to you and discuss them and vote." Another rumble ran though the crowd. "Mr. Belikov" he nodded to Dimitri.
"Thank Mayor Lazar" Dimitri said politely. "And thank you to the town of St Vladimir to hiring me as your Sheriff. I am aware of some of the problems that have been happening, I am sure there are more that we will have to address later but for tonight we are focused on keeping people safe in and around town. I feel we must ban together and create a united front to keep the majority as safe as possible and for that I will need the help of the people." A mummer ran through the crowd.
Dimitri continued "The ideas I am about to propose are not mine, they were actually suggested by Rose Hathaway." He paused for the noise level to settle. He looked directly at me and gave me a small smile. "First I would like some men to assist me as deputies. The duties you would perform include leading nightly patrols around town to keep the peace and helping get to the bottom of some of the things that are happening. You will assist me daily to maintain the law. If you would like to take this position the qualifications you need is to be able to talk your way through a situation calmly, I will teach you some fighting skills that I find useful and you may want to be quick on the draw and a good aim, for your own protection. I would like 4 people for these positions. Please come to see me in the Sheriff's office tomorrow if you are interested." He paused as the rumble got louder and waited for it to calm.
"I realize that most of you would not want to be in that position, but I feel it is vital to our safety."….. "The next suggestion is that we create a patrol that keeps an eye on the activity around town night and day. We will need about 6 volunteers for each 8 hour patrol. Some will ride around the outskirts of town; some will watch comings and goings and report it to me. Anyone in town can fill some of these roles, you would be just observing and reporting, nothing else. We will need good accurate information though, the basic who, what, when, where, how."
"Does anyone have any other suggestions?" He asked to the room. The noise level rose once again as people started to discuss what he had said.
As people talked amongst themselves I was approached by Makhail. "Rose, I need to speak with you." He said hurriedly. I frowned at him by the way he was acting it didn't seem good. "What is it Makhail is everything alright?" I asked with concern. He shook his head. "The horses did not return tonight. I set them out in the back 40 this morning and I can't find them. There is nothing we can do about it tonight, but I would like to put a search party together for first thing in the morning." He looked worried.
"They could just be up in higher ground, but I want to make sure. I sent a few of the ranch hands Jessie and Ralf out to look, but they came back empty. I was hoping you could come out with me in the morning. You know that back country as well as I do." With everything going on we did not need this. "Ok what time you want me there?" I asked. "Bright and early, dawn" he said I cringed. "Ok I will ride out to the ranch tonight when I'm done here. That way I will be there already." He nodded in agreement.
Just then the Mayor began to get everyone's attention again. When I looked up I noticed Dimitri was watching me closely. He must have seen the worried look on my face. He gave me a frown and I mouthed 'later' he gave me a slight nod.
"We will now open the suggestions up for discussion. Does anyone have any questions or comments regarding the things suggested." The Mayor asked the room.
Stan Alto the General Store Owner stood up. "What you are suggesting would take practically every person in town, how do you plan on keeping it organized. What makes you think something like that will work or even help to keep us safe?" He said in a confrontational manor.
"You are correct Sir; it will take the whole towns help if we are to stay safe. I am confident we will devise a system that will work. I honestly feel it is all about sticking together. If we all ban together we will succeed." Dimitri said with confidence.
Tatiana Ivashkov cleared her throat. The Mayor said "the floor recognizes Council member Tatiana Ivashkov." She stands from behind the table on stage. "Mr. Alto do you have a better suggestion then the one proposed?" She asked in her bitchy tone. I have always found her very annoying and extremely bitchy, but right now I kind of liked the bitch and was happy she seemed to be putting Stan in his place. "Does anyone here have any better suggestions?" she asked to everyone in the room. Again the crowd noise level rose for a moment.
Dimitri loudly cleared his throat and Tatiana gave him a polite nod. "The only other suggestion I have is that no one rides alone. You should try to travel in pairs at a minimum if you leave the town. Don't do anything reckless and try to stay out of the Dashkov Brothers way. The less confrontation the better." He said seriously.
"Ok everyone lets vote. Everyone in favor of deputies say "I" The room has a chorus of "I's" the Mayor nods his head and said "let it be written that the Sheriff will hire deputies for support of law enforcement in St. Vladimir." He takes a pause then asked "Everyone in favor of town safety patrols say "I" again a chorus of "I's" sing around the room. "Let it be written that the town of St. Vladimir will create safety patrols effective immediately." The Mayor says in an authoritative tone. "If anyone here has an idea or suggestion later on please bring it to the attention of Mr. Belikov. We will entertain any reasonable suggestion to keep the whole of the town safe. If there is nothing further…. This meeting is now adjourned."
The Mayor and the council members left the stage along with Dimitri. Everyone stayed for a little while talking about the situation. Dimitri came over to me. So did Mia, Jill and Meredith. The girls reached me first and looked at me excitedly. "Hi girls, what's up?"… "Hey boss," they all sang and laughed. "Rose we are going for a ride out to Flathead Lake tomorrow, we wanted to know if you would like to go with us." Mia said. "Sorry girls, I can't, I'm riding out to the ranch tonight and will be out with a search party for the day until we find the Dragomir horses. They didn't come back tonight and Makhail is worried." I said. The girls all said "ok" and headed behind the bar to serve. Since the meeting was over people were ordering drinks.
Dimitri asked "Is that what you looked so worried about earlier? Your horses are missing?" I nodded. "Yes, I'm going to ride out to the ranch tonight so I can help with the search. I will probably leave when Makhail heads back to the ranch tonight so I'm not alone." I say seriously. He nods. "I have a lot to do tomorrow or I would come help you" he said. "I alright, I'm sure they're fine. They probably went to higher ground. I know that country like the back of my hand, I'm sure we will find them." I said reassuringly. "Well, if I get done early I will come to help." He said sweetly.
"Come on; let's go find some place quiet for a few minutes." I said grabbing his arm and dragging him with me to the back room. As soon as we get out of sight I feel his warm strong arms wrap around me pulling me close to him. His wonderful scent engulfed me. I smiled and turned around to face him and wrap an arm around his neck. The other hand I slid behind his back to pull his body closer to mine.
He leaned down and captured my mouth with his soft luscious lips. I leaned into the kiss deepening it by stroking his bottom lip with my tongue. He opened his mouth and our tongues danced a seductive thrilling dance. I felt lightheaded and lost myself in the kiss.
My body responded to every sensual touch of his hands. I could feel the blazing heat course though my veins and to my core. I could only imagine what his hands would feel like on my naked flesh. The thought of him taking me, penetrating my core and rocking his body against mine made my knees go weak. I want him, my desire burns deep almost animalistic. I know we won't be able to wait much longer. I need him like the earth needs the sun.
After a few minutes of heated kissing and touching we managed to pull ourselves back and it became more controlled soft and tender. I could feel his need for me and his reluctance to let me go. He reached up and stroked my cheek with his fingertips running his other hand through my thick hair. He gently tugged my head back. His lips left mine and moved down my jaw line and to my neck. He moved his lips to my ear and whispered "I love you, Roza." My breath caught at the sound of those beautiful words. "I love you too, Dimitri"
He brought his lips back to mine for one more passion filled kiss. The sound of those astonishing words echoed in my mind. I could hear them over and over. He pulled me to him and held me for a very long loving moment. I rested my head on his chest and listened to the rhythm of his heart and his steady breathing. I was absolutely content in his arms. I have never felt so safe, so loved.
We decided to go and join the rest of the people in the Saloon. The only ones left was my little family Abe, Alberta, Makhail, Mason, Eddie, Mia, Jill, Meredith, Lissa, and Christian. Who all noticed Dimitri and I coming out of the back together. Lissa smiled, most looked curious, others seemed to have a knowing smile on their face. Mason seemed to have a bit jealousy and hurt in his eyes. I felt a stab of pain in my heart with the look on his face. No one said anything to us about it when we sat down next to each other. We all just sat around and visited.
After a little while longer I decided to close up. I told everyone to pack it in and go home. We all said our good nights. I grabbed my jacket for the ride and Dimitri walked with me to get Jezebel. He saddled her for me and I placed her bit in her mouth and strapped the bridle on. I gave him a soft kiss and said good night and rode off with Lissa & Christian in the carriage, and Makhail and I leading the way.
We got home just 20 minutes later. Makhail and Pavel the driver of the carriage took the horses to the stable and Lissa, Christian and I headed for bed. I laid there thinking of everything, it's been another really long day. It stared with the dream, and weird in between state, then running into Dimitri and almost giving myself to him. My thoughts lingered on Dimitri for quite a while. I thought about Lissa & Christian and I am so happy they have each other. Anything that makes Lissa smile the way she did today is awesome in my book. Mason flashed through my mind and guilt washed over me. Even though I shouldn't feel guilty I still do. I thought the town meeting went well. I was surprised when Dimitri gave me credit for the suggestions. It was sweet of him to do that. I felt myself drifting off to sleep with only two thoughts, Dimitri and finding the horses.
Well I hope you like it, it's not as exciting as some, but the story needed this chapter to explain some future happenings. Next chapter should be much more exciting. So keep reading and as always please REVIEW.