The studio was filled with the richodor of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of thegarden there came through the open door the heavy scent of lilac, or the moredelicate perfume of the pink-flowering thorn | |
The soft breeze, infused with scent, tickled Rosemary Hall's neck, stirring the fine hairs on her nape | |
It was certainly peculiar, shethought: this new awareness of feeling in her body | |
Even painting feltdifferent | |
It was no longer just apreoccupation of mind and coordination, but a physical experience | |
The wetted brush was as sentient as her handitself and when it touched the canvas her body stirred as though to come tolife with each careful stroke | |
And the daydreams she washaving...oh, but at least those she could blink away | |
The dreams at night werethe worst | |
They weren't nightmares, no -anything but, really - yet they left her deeply unsettled | |
Night after night she awoke in a feverish sweat,her hips writhing on their own accord, the bed sheet balled in a coil andclenched between her legs | |
It was so…real | |
Like he'd really been there | |
Drenched in sweat she felt his phantom kisses linger on her cheeks | |
Wherever were those dreams coming from? Rosemary wondered | |
She avoided theanswer | |
This was no time to get carried away with lust, she thought, blushingas the word crossed her mind - a quick scurry across then back into hersubconscious | |
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Chapter One
The studio was filled with the richodor of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of thegarden there came through the open door the heavy scent of lilac, or the moredelicate perfume of the pink-flowering thorn. The soft breeze, infused with scent, tickledRosemary Hall's neck, stirring the fine hairs on her nape.
It was certainly peculiar, shethought: this new awareness of feeling in her body. Even painting feltdifferent. It was no longer just apreoccupation of mind and coordination, but a physical experience. The wetted brush was as sentient as her handitself and when it touched the canvas her body stirred as though to come tolife with each careful stroke.
And the daydreams she washaving...oh, but at least those she could blink away. The dreams at night werethe worst. They weren’t nightmares, no –anything but, really – yet they left her deeply unsettled. Night after night she awoke in a feverish sweat,her hips writhing on their own accord, the bed sheet balled in a coil andclenched between her legs. It was so…real. Like he’d really been there. Drenched in sweat she felt his phantom kisses linger on her cheeks. Wherever were those dreams coming from?Rosemary wondered. She avoided theanswer. This was no time to get carried away with lust, she thought, blushingas the word crossed her mind – a quick scurry across then back into hersubconscious.
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