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I twisted around and began to runrabbed a handful of clean grass Bunching it up, I used it to scrub his skin It was h like Caleb’s Idown around the areas he had bullets embedded, he said, "It’s okay Those parts are nu rass

"Thank you, Princess," he whispered, gatheringmy lips

"A-Any ti to his touch, I shivered again Mistaking my pleasure for coldness, he sped forward and carriedwith vampires--there was barely a second to object between the time they made a decision and the tiht with Caleb in his bunk floating around inthe water so soon

Gathering up my dirty underwear, I bent over the water and scrubbed the them out on a stone to dry

I dried myself with the shawl Caleb had found earlier I turned around to see Caleb ripping off leaves fro hily He’d found the ripped pair of pants I’d discarded on the bank the day before and, reh the broad leaves to forers coaroundthe elastic at the side

I was ih to et in the way The leaves were also softer than I’d iainst an stringing it through twome deeply as he reached around me and adornedthe complete result once I’d recovered from his kiss I looked at him "And what about you?"

I could see he’d been so absorbed in thinking about my own modesty that he hadn’t yet stopped to consider his

He cast his eyes around the bank, an amused look on his face "Do you think a skirt would suit hed "Um Probably not"

He furrowed his brows "Then what do you suggest I wear until , I picked up my torn pants There was no elastic left in theether… I picked some more of the velvety leaves he’d used forstrips off the fabric with your nails?"

He did as I’d requested and handed them to me My skills weren’t as ied to fashion hi half decent

I held it up to hirimaced as he took it froling as he finished putting it on