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New Eden Township, Salton Sea, California
Tuesday, December 1, 2054
Week Five of Project Phase Two
The ropes beneath the mattress groaned and Ember stilled. When Leaf did
not move, she untangled her leg from the blanket and resumed her shuffle
toward the end of the bed. The cold floor burned her feet and sparked
shivers up the length of her exposed body. Tip-toeing across the nightchilled room, she fetched her woolen chemise from the floor and shimmied
into the garment. The warmth did little to ease the persistent guilt gnawing
her insides.
She stole a glance over her shoulder at the rumpled covers she left
behind. Fingers of moonlight touched her husband’s back. Yellow and green
bruises dotted his ribcage and torso. Evidence of the community’s betrayal
lingered still. His body was healing, his leg growing stronger with each
passing day, the black eye fading from deep purples to mottled browns. His
heart, however, especially where she was concerned, remained injured.
Nevertheless, he loved her despite the secrets she was pressed to keep;
secrets she regretted ever having at all. This choice had been made for her.
Much the same as it had been for him. Time, she decided, was an ally and
an enemy.
Ember glided by his side of the bed to retrieve her tunic dress, then
maneuvered to the other end of the chamber with delicate steps to finish
dressing. She darted her gaze back to his sleeping form, afraid the rustle of
clothing in the stillness would rouse him. Yet, despite her worries, his
breathing rose and fell with sleep’s steady rhythm, his face pressed into the
pillow that his well-muscled arms embraced. A sight that caused her pulse
to falter a beat.
This night, for the first time since the Great Fire, and after the rest of the
household gave way to slumber, those very arms had embraced her. Stillfresh memories of their time together––his fervent kisses, the words of love
he whispered across her skin––sashayed through her mind. Pleasure burned
in her stomach with each remembrance. If not for the discomforting knot
tightening in her belly, she would smile. But to smile would be a disservice
to the shame she rightly carried.
He loved her, and he always would. She knew. And although his
vulnerability built a bridge toward healing this night, he no longer trusted
her with his pain as before. For she was one of many who had deceived
him. There is no turning back time. There is no undoing choices made. The
course was now set and they needed to journey toward fresh beginnings.
She would allow him to set the pace and guide their relationship, allow him
to need and refuse her until his heart no longer ached.
For weeks they had side-stepped around each other’s grief. The ash of
her family home continued to shroud the biodome in bereavement.
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