Page 108 of Anxious Hearts
Kelly watched the flames dance and flicker. It was mesmerising, meditative, hypnotic. She lay perfectly still against Finn’s body, only her head moving with the rise and fall of his chest. ‘I’m so glad we moved here,’ she whispered.
‘Even though you’re “working at a second-rate training hospital that will destroy any prospects of you having a successful career”?’ Finn regularly parroted her words whenever she said something positive about their new life.
‘Even though I married you.’
Finn laughed and the sharp motion jolted Kelly’s head on his chest. ‘Easy, mate,’ she said.
She snuggled back into him and intertwined her arm with his so they held hands with the undersides of their wrists touching.CeallachandFionn. If their tattoos could smudge, the ink would have run together. Combined into one word.
Kelly and Finn.
Warriors.
