Cedar Woman (107 page)

Cric
k
et so
n
g filled
t
h
e
m
o
on
lit l
o
d
g
e.
Le
n
a lay, c
u
r
l
ed
a
g
a
i
n
st
Mi
chael’s
s
id
e,
her
le
g
ac
r
oss h
i
s
h
i
p
s
, her
li
p
s
a
g
a
in
st h
i
s
t
h
r
o
a
t
.
M
ichael
sigh
e
d.
It
h
a
d
nev
e
r
been
li
k
e
t
h
is be
f
o
r
e
.
L
e
na,
he
k
n
e
w,
was
a
v
ir
g
i
n
,
b
u
t
h
e
w
as
no
t
,
o
r
at
least
h
e
d
id
n
’t
t
h
i
n
k
h
e
w
a
s.
B
u
t
if
you j
ud
g
ed
t
h
is
e
x
peri
e
n
ce
by t
h
e
oth
e
rs
h
e
’d
h
ad, he
w
a
s
,
f
o
r
t
on
ig
h
t he h
a
d
m
a
de
l
o
ve
f
o
r
t
h
e
first ti
m
e.

⁸³
Toon-cash-eela
-
Grandfather

Mi
chael
ran
h
i
s
f
in
g
e
r
s
th
r
ou
gh
L
e
n
a
’s
l
o
n
g
,
l
u
s
t
r
ou
s
hair.
He cou
l
d
n
’t
bel
iev
e
h
i
s
l
u
c
k
i
n
f
i
nd
i
ng
t
h
i
s
b
e
a
u
ti
ful wo
m
an.
She
s
m
il
ed
at hi
m
,
a
t
r
usti
n
g s
m
ile,
full
o
f
l
ove
a
n
d
co
nte
n
t
m
ent.

“
M
y sweet
wom
an,”
he
m
u
r
m
ured,
a
n
d k
is
sed
her de
e
p
ly
.

M
ichael
lay
with
his
h
a
nds
b
ehi
n
d
his
he
ad
.
The
ni
g
h
t
h
a
d
c
o
oled and
a
lig
ht
bl
anket c
o
v
e
r
e
d
t
h
e
s
up
i
ne co
u
p
l
e.
L
e
na
’
s
head res
t
ed cont
e
n
tedly on
M
ichael’s
c
h
e
st.
He
need
e
d
to
talk
t
o
her,
s
o
he
t
oo
k
her chin
i
n his
hand
a
n
d lifted
h
e
r face
t
o
w
a
rd h
im
.

“
M
itaw
i
n,” he
m
u
r
m
ured,
an
d kiss
e
d
her li
g
h
tly on
t
h
e
f
o
r
e
h
ead. “Yes, Mihinga,” she
an
s
w
e
r
ed, s
a
v
o
ring
t
h
e
word as s
h
e sp
ok
e
it.
“
W
e
have
t
o
be
practical
for
a
m
o
m
ent.
There
are
t
h
ings
whi
c
h
we

m
u
st discuss.”

Lena
sat
up
a
b
ru
p
tly
.
She
was
be
a
u
ti
fu
l
.
Her
s
m
all
breas
t
s
were hi
g
h
a
n
d
fir
m
,
her
l
u
str
o
us h
a
ir
fell
ab
o
u
t
h
e
r
li
k
e
a
sil
k
en veil,
b
r
u
s
hi
n
g against h
i
s
ch
est
–
ta
n
t
al
i
z
i
n
g
h
i
s s
e
nses.
Her
sk
i
n
gl
ow
e
d
i
n
t
h
e
m
oonlight,
s
h
i
mm
ering
a
n
d
p
ale,
li
k
e
a
spi
r
i
t visiting
a
m
ere
m
o
rtal.
The t
u
rqu
o
ise
p
e
nda
n
t fell j
u
st to
t
h
e
b
e
g
i
nning
of
h
e
r
cleav
a
g
e
and
see
m
ed
to
n
estle
t
h
ere
co
n
t
e
n
te
d
l
y.
Mic
h
ael
lifted
it
fr
o
m
h
er
war
m
,
g
l
owing
s
k
i
n and exa
m
ined
i
t
.