Her lips on his were incredibly, indescribably soft.
I am almost done reading Book One of The Ranger’s Apprentice to my ten-year-old. As the youngest of three boys, he sometimes needs a little extra love. So, although he could read it himself, we’ve been snuggling and reading together about Will’s training, adventure, and climatic battle with the terrifying Kalkara.
Our teenager, who read the series several years ago, sneaks in nightly, lying across my feet at the end of the bed – or blocking the lamplight for a back-scratch – to listen too. I should have known when he corrected my pronunciation of her name that the gray-eyed girl was more important than her sudden spotlight on page 236 let on.
Alyss.
We weren’t expecting a kiss.
Her lips on his were incredibly, indescribably soft.
Silence as I closed the book, leaving the final chapter for tomorrow. Then…
“Seriously?!” the ten-year-old’s eyes sparkled, “That’s it? It’s indescribable?!”
“After all the amazing descriptions of the torch flames as they raced through the woods, and the Kalkara’s claws, and the sound of its screams,” he ranted, “the kiss is indescribable?!”
“You might as well skip the kiss if that’s all you’re going to say about it! Indescribable? Ridiculous?!”
Apparently, we need to hear more from Miss Alyss in Book Two.
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