When Dreams Are Made 51Nancy looked up to find Derek walking furiously towards them, her mind sank in her chest. He slowed down when he saw his cousin standing beside Phil, Night Walker's reins in his hands, Nancy was also beside the horse, petting it unconsciously with both hands and her eyes holding him as he walked towards them. Something about the way he walked briskly, his shirt roughly unbuttoned at the top and his tousled hair flying in the morning wind, even as it did, the sunlight shone on it brightly, creating a reflection. He wore the trouser he had worn yesterday, he had probably picked it from where he tossed it last night during their love making. Even the trouser was unbuttoned, only the zipper was done. Nancy gulped as he approached her, waiting for the worst."Good morning." She said to him immediately he was within hearing distance. Without answering her and without a word of greeting to either of the men with him there, he took a seat on a wooden stool by the sta

Chapter 53The two women remained in the Kitchen till evening, getting almost everything done and conversing at length about random things. By evening, they saw a rainbow in the clear sky. For Nancy, it was her first time seeing such strange light but Rosey was an old hand at it. At first, Nancy was frightened by the colorful glow until Rosey explained that the colorful light in the sky was a normal phenomenon and that it appeared frequently. She also got to learn that the light took different shades, and was sometimes white. The more beautiful colors were blue, red or even violet. Nancy was enthralled, and looked forward to seeing more. Certain things about this place were still full of mysteries for her, so different from her own part of the world. This was another world entirely and sometimes she was glad to be here, the only thing spoiling her joy being her husband and the mystery of her parents. Nancy returned to their room that night after making sure there was nothing left fo

tChapter 55Derek walked Briskly down the dark hall, troubled by his own thoughts and angry with himself for something he could not even place his mind on. He had taken to punishing himself that morning, after her plan to punish Nancy backfired and she ended up having the upper hand and now here he was sulking at his own failure to get hold of his emotions. When did he become such a sex freak? That woman was driving him mad with need that the thought of her being with his stable boy was enough to make him mad. He had taken her several times and yet, somehow when she was around him she still found a way of making herself desirable even without trying. What was he to do? And there was a long way to go for them, how long before he gets tired of her? He had resolved to give in to his need for her for now, soon he will get tired of her and let her have her way with her stable boy. But that did not look like something that was bound to happen soon and so he had decided it was best he left

When Dreams Are Made 57Derek could not sleep for the rest of that damned night, and he couldn't shake off the feeling of guilt, anger and bitterness that plagued his thoughts. He spent the first few hours of that morning packing up anything he would need for his trip away, and then he went to the stable and took out Night Walker, fed it himself without another glance in Philip's direction and then he groomed it and rode out to his parents house. He did not spend time there, he stayed long enough to let them know he would be leaving with the rest of his men and Carl first thing tomorrow morning, bid his niece farewell and promised her everything he could to make her let him go. But his mother insisted he should stay for a late lunch, so he did. He could barely eat himself, so he was first to excuse himself from the table, but it was too much to hope that his father would let him off so easily. "Does she know you are leaving tomorrow?" His father asked, referring to Nancy."She knows

Chapter 59The first snow, as Nancy learnt, was long overdue, but the preparations for the coming cold had begun way before Derek and his men left. When the snow finally came, it brought with it a storm that lasted for four days straight. Nancy was thrilled by the way the land was blanketed in dismal white flakes of ice and the frozen lakes, even the water collected in the large drums behind the kitchen were all frozen. But the cold that came with snow was nothing like she had experienced before, but she had to get used to it and also get used to going about in the large animal fur coats that Livi was now tasked with making for everyone.There were still things that needed to be done around the house to prevent possible starvation and preserve whatever food was left to last until the storm subsided. Since a good number of the men had gone off with Derek, there was too much work to do but limited hands, Nancy offered to help the men work. Rosey and Mitchelle protested, but she wouldn't