The Heart Of An Assassin

Chapter 13

I wake up in the bed I fell asleep in. When I wake I shiver uncontrollably. My clothes feel all cold and damp and now the blanket and the sheets are all damp too. I sit up from the bed I look around and see that it is still dark.

My eyes adjust to the darkness and I see a figure lying down on the ground sleeping. It was probably Shay. I look around more and I see my bag I brought with me, so that I could sleep in my comfortable nightgown. I get up from the bed. I try to stand but I feel a sharp pain in my leg. I hiss in pain.

Oh Kathryn, don't be such a girl, ignore the pain. I mentally say to myself. I sigh and I stand up, swallowing the pain. Every step I took was like I was walking on broken glass. I let a few tears roll down my cheeks, because of the pain. I grab the bag and I walk back to the bed.

I take off my coat, shirt, and pants. Leaving myself in only my corset and underwear. I put on my nightgown, and it felt warm on my freezing skin. But there was another problem, the damp bed. I looked around and I didn't see any spare blankets or sheets. I look down at Shay.

At least your warm, I mentally say to myself, envying that he is nice and warm. I reluctantly crawl back in the bed. Where I am once again cold. I try to get some more sleep, but I couldn't. I was too cold and I was shivering violently.
I hear a gown escape from Shay's mouth. I hear some shuffling and one of his rough hands touches my arm.

"Jesus Kathryn, your freezing!" Shay says worried. I look up at him.

"I-I'm f-fine," I say though my chattering teeth. Shay sighs and picks me up from the bed bridle style, i could fell his warm shirtless chest. Shay lies me down on the ground that has a blanket on the ground and a couple of pillows. Shay puts a pillow under my head. Shay lies down next to me and he drapes another blanket on us.

I snuggle us close to Shay and he puts his arm around me to keep me warm. I shiver a little more, but the I stop. Shay kisses my forehead and me fall asleep like that in each others arms.

I wake up that morning to find myself not being held by Shay. I look around and I see him getting dressed. He had his pants and boots on, but he was still shirtless. I see him grab his shirt and put it back on. Shay looks at me and smirks.

"You like what you see?" Shay says grinning, I blush. Shay puts the rest of his clothes on and walks up to me and grabs some fresh bandages and he removes the old ones. I look at the wound and see that it is not infected, thank God, it is just scabbed over. Shay looks at me.

"You know, you could have lost your leg to that shark," Shay says. I look up at him and sigh.

"I know, but I didn't so," I say but it comes out too harshly. Shay looks at me and shakes his head.

"If anything happened to you I wouldn't know what to do," Shay says while holding my hand. A few tears roll down my cheeks.

"I couldn't live without you if anything happened to you," I say, and then Shay wipes away my tears with his thumb. Then he leans down and kisses me, slow at first, but then it turns more and more passionate. My hands reach up and I play with his hair.

His hands cup my face, to deepen the kiss. Before things could go any further, Liam opens the door and sees us. Shay quickly pulls away, and I blush from embarrassment.

"What is it Liam?" Shay asks trying not to sound agitated. Liam looks at Shay.

"Shay, you need to leave port," Liam says. I look at Shay.

"Port?" I ask. Shay looks at me.

"We docked when you were resting," Shay explains to me. I nod. Shay pecks my lips and then he leaves the room.