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“Good idea,” hehis eyes, and lifted his hand froive her the bar of soap
“Let’s start at the top and wash your hair first” It reeked of smoke as she knelt beside the tub Her hand curved itself to the back of his neck, feeling the taut, sinewy cords Reluctantly Benteen shifted his position in the water and yielded to the pressure of her hand that forced his head underwater She lathered it hard with the strong soap There was a wiry feel to the ends of his hair where it had been partially singed by the extre how very close hehis head underwater again to rinse out the soap
Wiping the soapy water from his eyes, Benteen resumed his former position in the tub “I think you did that on purpose to wake me up,” he accused
“I just want to be sure you’re alive” Her voice had a husky pitch She lathered a cloth to scrub his back
His flesh was solid beneath her rubbing hand, even with the powerfulthe boys so roidth of a ht play of ainst it It became important to cover every inch of his spine and shoulders Lorna didn’t realize howto wash the back of one shoulder until she happened to catch the gleam in his dark eye Suddenly self-conscious, she made a couple more swipes at it, then attempted to briskly hand him the soapy washcloth
“Don’t stop now,” Benteento enjoy it”
“I think you can do the rest,” she tried to insist
“I’d ainst the back of the oblong tub
The look in his eyes hty, pleasantly so, as she began soaping his flatly lance at his face and saw that he was enjoying it His ease at having someone else bathe him made her wonder
“Has anyone else given you a bath before?” Lorna asked with more than just curiosity “Other than your moth
er, of course”
Benteen seeuilt?
“Why do you say that?”
“Because you don’t act like this is the first tias she washed the flexed e City when you claimed you took a bath at one of the saloons? Maybe you had one of the ladies scrub your back” She remean rubbing harder
“Hey!” Benteen protested her roughness and caught hold of her wrist, water dripping fro when she ave you that idea?”