Chapter 47
- Rayne stood in the bathroom long after she was showered and dressed. Her mind was lost in a world of thoughts, most of which she didn’t know where to begin to sort through. She was almost relieved when she’d awakened and Devin was out of the bed. He was there beside her most of the night, she’d surfaced a few times and found herself right against him. He hadn’t pushed the fact that they’d had sex, only draped one arm over her most of the night in a very comfortable way. Of course, her hormones had tried to get her attention more than once, but Rayne had already gone way past the point she’d ever been in her life, so after a few stern lectures she’d been able to thwart any further actions to regret later.
- The way she’d been with Devin the night before still shocked her, she didn’t do things like that. She didn’t have sex with strangers—at least she hadn’t up until now. Although, it felt like more than just sex, but Rayne couldn’t put a finger on why she thought that. She couldn’t figure out what it was about Devin. Normally she was in complete control of her thoughts, and was right up until she was close to him and then not so much. As soon as he touched her, she forgot everything else but him. Why is that? Why do I want to wrap myself around him and let all these new feelings take me away? It wasn’t just the physical feelings, although they hit her like an explosion, it was all the other ones that were new as well. One of her fears was that she was using him to get through the revelations about Aiden. Rayne didn’t think she’d act like that, but wasn’t usually at ease with strangers. Yet, here she was entrusting her safety to one, and she believed what he said about everything. Am I making a big mistake? Another big mistake?
- Rayne looked down at her foot when she realized that almost her full weight was on it and the pain was barely noticeable. She never healed this quickly, ever, so it must not have been as bad as she thought. Her stomach rumbled, reminding her that it had been far too many hours since she’d put food into it. Food... Everything she’d bought was going to waste at her camp site.