Page 24 of Searching for her Heart
“There!” I point to the opening below that looks to be the largest path for us to take. It looks big enough that I should be able to fit. The snow shouldn’t be able to move down the tunnel after us, either.
Penny shrieks a moment before the snow starts falling down on us. We only have ten feet to go, the snow falling fast now. Our decline stops as the ground evens out and we run the last few feet, diving into the tunnel just as the snow drops in behind us, enclosing us in complete darkness.
“Baby, are you okay?” I ask as I blindly move my hands overher head. I had turned at the last second, so I landed on my back with her on top of me.
“Yeah, you make a good cushion. Are you okay?”
“Yes, I’m fine.”
“Ryker, are you?” she asks worriedly and thankfully, he answers straight away.
“I’m fine. Penny, where are you?” I can feel her moving and realize they must be reaching out their arms trying to find each other. Ryker and I had let go of each other when we dove into the tunnel. I reach out and feel him right beside me on the ground, so I grab his wrist and move his hand up to her cheek.
She gasps as her hands fly to his hand and I feel them trail down to his face.
“Oh, thank goodness, I was worried for a minute there.”
“Only a minute?” he teases.
“How are we supposed to move around down here? We can’t see a thing. I don’t suppose you have a way of making us a torch down here, do you, Brax?”
I think about the items I have in my bag. I do have some of the items I need, but not everything.
“No,” I say as my hands roam around Penny’s body. Not being able to see her has my nerves on edge. At least if I’m touching her, I can assure myself she’s whole. “I don’t have anything to light. I need some kindling and wood.”
Penny moves around on top of me and I hear some rustling of fabric. “Baby, what are you doing?” I ask her in confusion.
“I think I have something that can help.”
“You got some wood in that bag of yours, Red?” I know he’s teasing, but I can hear the tension in his voice. None of us are happy with this situation right now.
“No, birdman, but I might have something even better. Ah ha!” she exclaims.
“What is it?” he asks as we wait for her to reveal her findings.
She’s sitting on my stomach, with her legs either side of me, and I stroke my hands up and down her thighs before my hands find her hips. I love the feeling of them in my hands, I can’t get enough, she feels so soft. I can feel myself hardening and internally I groan. This is not the time to get aroused. Who knows what’s crawling around in here with us.
Suddenly Penny’s face is illuminated, making me freeze my actions as Ryker gasps.
“What in the world?” he asks.
A big smile crosses her face as she turns the item in her hand and the light shines on Ryker.
“This, birdman, is my cell phone. I’m going to go out on a limb here and guess you guys don’t have much technology?”
“Technology?” he asks.
“Yeah, you know phones, computers, Internet, tv. Any of this ringing a bell?”
Ryker shakes his head. “I don’t know what any of those things are.”
“Yeah, I was starting to wonder. I saw it first at the mating hunt, then I noticed the way you guys dress kind of reflected it too. And the fact that neither of you had pulled your phones out or even referenced making a call or GPS…”
“You’re losing me, Red.”
“I’m trying to say that I think your realm is like what mine used to be a few hundred years ago.”
“Whoa, so it’s kind of like you’ve been sent back in time from your perspective?” Ryker asks her as she turns her light to my face.
