Page 51 of When the Snowman Whispered
“I doubt there will be another.” I closed my eyes. “You’re a spirit that fucks like a god. No one can compete with that.”
“Not even Brett?”
I snorted. “No. There’s no competition over there.”
“And what about that other one, I just learned his name, but forgot.”
“Who?” I kept my eyes closed.
“The one that makes your heart beat fast, when he steps onto your property.”
Daniel’s image popped in my head.
My heart warmed.
Suddenly, I felt a bit disappointed in myself for sleeping with this snowman so fast, but constantly blocking all of Daniel’s attempts at affection. Maybe it was the wife in me, that made me feel like I’d somehow cheated on Daniel, even though we had absolutely no relationship. Before making love to Remy, I’d hoped to give Daniel a real chance. In my heart, I knew he was the one.
What was an ice sculpture next to a real, warm, and breathing man?
What am I doing?
“Faith?” Remy lifted my chin.
I opened my eyes. “Yes?”
“Is he my competition?”
“I don’t even know what this is. I can’t answer that.”
Remy’s sparkling eyes dimmed for a few seconds and then he pulled me into his arms. “I don’t like that answer.”
“It’s the only answer I have right now. What could we really have with each other? And how could it work?”
Dear God, I’m talking to a snowman about how complicated our relationship will be! I’ve lost it! I’ve really gone and lost my mind!
I would’ve laughed, but sleep swallowed me whole.
In my dreams, I woke up in melted snow. Instead of it being cold, it was hot. Muddy soil coated my legs. All the sculptures had melted, even the elves. Those sapphire earrings sat on a pile of mud.
I cried, grabbed the earrings, clutching them in my palm, and whispered Remy’s name over and over.
The wind whipped through my hair. The blue sky darkened to solid black. Sun shifted to moon. Blue chirping birds transformed to hooting owls. Puffy white clouds separated and dissolved into bright silver stars. The earth shifted just with my saying his name alone, and I knew something more happened around me.
“Remy,” I whispered some more. “Remy.”
I rose from the ground and tightened my grip on those earrings. “Remy! Remy!”
And he came to me, a breeze on my naked skin and whispers of pleasure in my ears, the scent of juniper berries all around me and sweet romance caressing my tongue. Muddy dirt rose from the ground, stretching and bubbling into a huge form.
Gasping, I stepped back. “Remy?”
The mud continued to rise tall above me, towering over my small frame and scaring the shit out of me. The earrings left my hands and rose to the muddy form’s face. A mouth and teeth appeared. A boiling sludge scent drifted my way.
I covered my nose and stepped back some more. “Remy?”
Lightening streaked against the sky. Thunder rumbled off in the distance. My whole body quaked and fear.
A dark voice boomed from the mud. “I’m always watching!”
