There is only one place [Next to you where I decide in the presence of your grace]
[Can You Hear Me Now?]
Nessie had the blankets pulled up to her chin, giggles trickling out with nearly every breath. Her hair was a tangle of mussed curls around her face. She shoved one hand back through them, pushing them away from her face.
“Can you hear me now?” she whispered.
“Yup!” Jacob hollered from the living room.
That response caused another riot of giggles. “Go in the guest room and shut the door!” Nessie half yelled, the words all tangled up with her giggles.
She waited until she heard the click of the guest room door shutting. Her hearing was excellent, well above human range but Jacob’s was better. “Can you hear me now?” she whispered.
“I can still hear you!” he yelled back.
Nessie giggled, tilting her head back against the pillows. “Go outside!” They were in the middle of nowhere on a beach in Prince Edward Island. No one was going to see them and Jacob had lost his modesty about the time he’d become a wolf.
She heard the front door shut and she waited, snuggling down deeper into the bed. She gave him a moment then whispered “Can you hear me now?”
In answer there was one long howl. She knew he heard better in wolf form and that made her giggle again. “Cheater!” she yelled. “Go out further! Into the woods.”
She counted to ten then whispered again. She was answered by a more distant howl. A smile tugged at the corners of her lips. “Now come back in here! The bed’s cold without you!”
There was one short howl; a few seconds later Jacob was crawling back into bed. “Can you hear me now?” Nessie whispered.
This time, he kissed her in answer.
Nessie had the blankets pulled up to her chin, giggles trickling out with nearly every breath. Her hair was a tangle of mussed curls around her face. She shoved one hand back through them, pushing them away from her face.
“Can you hear me now?” she whispered.
“Yup!” Jacob hollered from the living room.
That response caused another riot of giggles. “Go in the guest room and shut the door!” Nessie half yelled, the words all tangled up with her giggles.
She waited until she heard the click of the guest room door shutting. Her hearing was excellent, well above human range but Jacob’s was better. “Can you hear me now?” she whispered.
“I can still hear you!” he yelled back.
Nessie giggled, tilting her head back against the pillows. “Go outside!” They were in the middle of nowhere on a beach in Prince Edward Island. No one was going to see them and Jacob had lost his modesty about the time he’d become a wolf.
She heard the front door shut and she waited, snuggling down deeper into the bed. She gave him a moment then whispered “Can you hear me now?”
In answer there was one long howl. She knew he heard better in wolf form and that made her giggle again. “Cheater!” she yelled. “Go out further! Into the woods.”
She counted to ten then whispered again. She was answered by a more distant howl. A smile tugged at the corners of her lips. “Now come back in here! The bed’s cold without you!”
There was one short howl; a few seconds later Jacob was crawling back into bed. “Can you hear me now?” Nessie whispered.
This time, he kissed her in answer.