Chapter 16Time lost all meaning as they talked. Ryland nibbled on both dried and fresh fruit, nuts, and some cake-like confection. Shiloh served a drink that tasted very much like cider. At the end, it was as if a catharsis had taken place. He took hold of Shiloh’s hands.
“It was the right thing to do. To talk. To let you know what kind of man I am.”
“I always knew you’d be a good man. Just like I knew you’d always come back to me. When the time was right.” Shiloh smiled.
“I burn for you, Ryland,” he whispered, and the need that had banked down burst into white hot flames.
“I burn for you too, Shiloh.”
“I have no experience, but I have had the way explained.” Shiloh indicated his sleeping area. “But we can do what feels right. For us.”
“I spent some time with a more experienced man.”
