Forgotten Love: An Action-Packed Adventure Romance (The Forgotten Chronicles) by Kameron Scott Read Free Book Online Page B
Authors: Kameron Scott
like a steam room, stimulating him, arousing him...
He opened his eyes to find Gillian staring at him, a curious look on her face, and her mouth parted ever so slightly. He hadn't realized how close he was standing to her until now. The purple luminescence of the cavern brushed her skin in deep, dark tones, layering shadows around the curves of her breasts and her hips...
"Uh, how are you feeling?" he asked, making his eyes stay on her face.
Her face reddened. Was it only from the warm air? "I'm feeling much better," she answered, and seemed to be making an effort to maintain eye contact. "Much better."
Partially thawed, Theo needed to get his mind on something besides Gillian's luscious flesh before his own body reacted and made things more awkward than they already were. At a glance, there were fourteen ventilation holes here, the hot air rising all the way to the surface where it escaped through cracks in the rocky Greenland landscape. Underneath where they now stood must be some kind of natural heat sink or lava flow. There was an active volcano in Iceland, he knew, but were there volcanoes in Greenland?
Nope. He was still thinking about the nearly naked lady. Theo moved away and picked up their discarded clothing to stretch across some of the shorter stalagmites to dry. As he turned his back to her he had the distinct feeling that her gaze was caressing his ass.
"So I figure we'll stay here until we're good and dry," he said, "and then we've got to try to find a way out..."
"Thank you," Gillian said.
"I figure the clothes will dry faster this way."
She laughed, softly, in a very feminine way. "I mean for saving my life."
"Seemed fair. I put your life in danger in the first place."
"No. I didn't have to come."
"Well. Your boyfriend kind of asked you to, didn't he?"
"I don't do everything he asks me to do..."
Theo turned and looked at her. "But you did do this," he said.
"Yes, I did. Do you do whatever your girlfriend tells you to do?"
The change in subject caught him off guard, and he had to switch gears. "Well, no. I mean, I don't have a girlfriend. Not right now."
"Hmm. Then what's wrong?"
How did the conversation turn to this? "Nothing is wrong," he said, perhaps too defensively because he saw her eyebrow go up. "I'm just not attached at this moment."
"So what's our next move?"
Theo wasn't quite sure how to answer that. "Well, since you have Saul..."
"Our next move to get out of here, you idiot!" Gillian exclaimed.
"I was kidding," Theo lied. "After our clothes are dry we'll take a walk. We follow where the cavern continues on."
It took the better part of another hour for their clothes to dry enough to put them back on without worrying about contracting hypothermia. They dressed in awkward silence.
Chapter 8
THEIR PACKS WERE still waterlogged. Theo opened his to check the contents and ended up leaving most of it behind as useless. The GPS unit, the cell phones, and a lot of the gear were just so much dead weight now. He left it all there on the floor, and then threw the pack over his one shoulder. It was a lot lighter now.
Gillian went through her pack as well, being a little more conservative with what she dumped out. Still, he could tell she had less to carry too when she stood up again, facing him with her head tilted to one side. "So, professor. Now what?"
Theo pointed deeper into the cavern away from the water. "This way," he said and began to walk.
"What makes you think this leads somewhere?" She followed along at his side, as they went further back into the towering rock columns.
"Everything leads somewhere. The only question is, will it be a useful somewhere, or will it be a dead end?"
She grimaced. "You couldn't have used a better term? Something without the word 'dead' in it?"
"Uh, will it be the end of the line?" he offered.
"That's not a lot better. You kind of suck at this, you know that?"
"I'm not used to having a partner."
They walked on for some time, and the walls of
He opened his eyes to find Gillian staring at him, a curious look on her face, and her mouth parted ever so slightly. He hadn't realized how close he was standing to her until now. The purple luminescence of the cavern brushed her skin in deep, dark tones, layering shadows around the curves of her breasts and her hips...
"Uh, how are you feeling?" he asked, making his eyes stay on her face.
Her face reddened. Was it only from the warm air? "I'm feeling much better," she answered, and seemed to be making an effort to maintain eye contact. "Much better."
Partially thawed, Theo needed to get his mind on something besides Gillian's luscious flesh before his own body reacted and made things more awkward than they already were. At a glance, there were fourteen ventilation holes here, the hot air rising all the way to the surface where it escaped through cracks in the rocky Greenland landscape. Underneath where they now stood must be some kind of natural heat sink or lava flow. There was an active volcano in Iceland, he knew, but were there volcanoes in Greenland?
Nope. He was still thinking about the nearly naked lady. Theo moved away and picked up their discarded clothing to stretch across some of the shorter stalagmites to dry. As he turned his back to her he had the distinct feeling that her gaze was caressing his ass.
"So I figure we'll stay here until we're good and dry," he said, "and then we've got to try to find a way out..."
"Thank you," Gillian said.
"I figure the clothes will dry faster this way."
She laughed, softly, in a very feminine way. "I mean for saving my life."
"Seemed fair. I put your life in danger in the first place."
"No. I didn't have to come."
"Well. Your boyfriend kind of asked you to, didn't he?"
"I don't do everything he asks me to do..."
Theo turned and looked at her. "But you did do this," he said.
"Yes, I did. Do you do whatever your girlfriend tells you to do?"
The change in subject caught him off guard, and he had to switch gears. "Well, no. I mean, I don't have a girlfriend. Not right now."
"Hmm. Then what's wrong?"
How did the conversation turn to this? "Nothing is wrong," he said, perhaps too defensively because he saw her eyebrow go up. "I'm just not attached at this moment."
"So what's our next move?"
Theo wasn't quite sure how to answer that. "Well, since you have Saul..."
"Our next move to get out of here, you idiot!" Gillian exclaimed.
"I was kidding," Theo lied. "After our clothes are dry we'll take a walk. We follow where the cavern continues on."
It took the better part of another hour for their clothes to dry enough to put them back on without worrying about contracting hypothermia. They dressed in awkward silence.
Chapter 8
THEIR PACKS WERE still waterlogged. Theo opened his to check the contents and ended up leaving most of it behind as useless. The GPS unit, the cell phones, and a lot of the gear were just so much dead weight now. He left it all there on the floor, and then threw the pack over his one shoulder. It was a lot lighter now.
Gillian went through her pack as well, being a little more conservative with what she dumped out. Still, he could tell she had less to carry too when she stood up again, facing him with her head tilted to one side. "So, professor. Now what?"
Theo pointed deeper into the cavern away from the water. "This way," he said and began to walk.
"What makes you think this leads somewhere?" She followed along at his side, as they went further back into the towering rock columns.
"Everything leads somewhere. The only question is, will it be a useful somewhere, or will it be a dead end?"
She grimaced. "You couldn't have used a better term? Something without the word 'dead' in it?"
"Uh, will it be the end of the line?" he offered.
"That's not a lot better. You kind of suck at this, you know that?"
"I'm not used to having a partner."
They walked on for some time, and the walls of
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