Allyssa had heard from the builder, who said there was nothing he could do until the pre-fab factory finished building their house again. Since they couldn’t put anything in until spring, they were all at a standstill on that project. Meanwhile, they would expand the cabin for the sake of their clinic and spend the winter there.
Fey had asked them to put a full bathroom in the addition, so they could bathe animals and humans in there. The room they currently used for the bathroom was merely a closet they had converted. They would keep that room on the other side of the wall from the larger and more modern bathroom. Allyssa had the septic people come out and empty the tank since it also serviced their mobile home.
“Do you think I should order a fridge and stove for the addition?” Fey offered.
“A fridge would be nice, and I want to keep the small one for medicines that you need to keep cold. I don’t want a stove though. We aren’t going to live here indefinitely, and we’d have to have the wiring for it,” Allyssa objected. She was holding out for the old farmhouse style they had originally agreed on, their dream home that had burned.
“In the meantime, we use the micro and a hot plate?”
“Well, since neither of us can cook much yet, I guess so.”
Fey wasn’t satisfied with that, but she understood that Allyssa wanted to keep the cabin for the business and was waiting on their dream. She was anxious for their home to become a reality and was pleased when the checks came in from the insurance company. While sitting in their bank, that money looked huge, but they would have to pay for the new house when it was delivered and construction began.
“Hey, I’m going to put some of those trailers up on Craigslist,” Allyssa told her.
“Why? Don’t we need–” she began.
“No, we have too many. I’ll keep the best of them for our use, of course, but I don’t want them taking up space in the yard and rusting. And we got most of them for nothing…” she left off, remembering how they had obtained them. It wasn’t a pleasant memory. She had killed men and wasn’t proud of that fact.
“Yeah, keep the best of them and sell the rest,” Fey encouraged, smiling at her smart wife. She was lucky to have found this woman, who was willing to live on this remote ranch with her.
Allyssa smiled back, always pleased when Fey encouraged her. Fey had been her best friend, her stalwart protector, and her cheerleader…all things she had needed when she moved out of her parents’ home and into this relationship…to become the adult she truly wanted. She was very happy with the decisions she had made since meeting this admirable woman.
“Okay, I’m going to order the fridge. You put the trailers on Craigslist. Anything else we should be doing?” she checked. They began discussing clients, bills, and orders for medical supplies as Fey began viewing refrigerators on the internet. “How’s that one?” she asked, pointing to one. “We could use it in the house when it’s built too.”
“That is the one we were going to order for the house. I don’t like the idea of having something that fancy out here in the cabin. We only need something functional for the clinic and our needs over winter,” her wife pointed out.
Sighing, Fey clicked on other options, and they both agreed on a simple fridge that could be delivered to the ranch for an additional fee. After paying with her credit card, she got a notification that it would be arriving the following week. “Well, that’s finished.”
“I’ll put up the trailers tomorrow. I’m kind of tired tonight,” Allyssa promised.
Surprised, Fey looked at her wife. She didn’t look tired. “How tired are you?” she asked and received an impish grin in response. It was gratifying to know her wife wanted her as much as she wanted the young blonde. Fey leaned up to kiss her tall wife, and the answering kiss was quite satisfying,
Suddenly, Allyssa wasn’t tired. Knowing this intelligent veterinarian was her partner in every sense of the word made her ache with desire for her. She accepted her feelings and the craving that flared between them without question.
So often, Fey was called away by the CB and the phone or had to stay overnight with clients’ animals and their sex life was put on hold. Tonight, that wasn’t going to be the case. They kissed passionately, indulging to their hearts’ content.
“Oh, gawd,” Allyssa gasped as Fey felt her and squeezed all the right parts.
“Let’s go upstairs,” Fey whispered, wanting the comfort of their bed.
“I’ll just lock up…” Allyssa murmured around the passionate kisses, gesturing with her bandaged hand, but Fey wouldn’t let her go.
“It can wait,” she murmured in return. And she got her wish as Allyssa began to lead her upstairs, using her good hand to pull her along encouragingly. Fey got a great view of her wife’s jean-clad derriere as they climbed the stairs to the loft, rushing the last few feet as she bore her wife to the bed and began tugging at her clothing that was in the way.
Knowing Fey wanted her so badly, Allyssa couldn’t help but respond. Both their clothes were in the way, and she struggled to help remove her wife’s clothing with her one good hand. Finally, the satisfying clumps of their boots sounded on the floor, followed by socks, and then jeans were unsnapped, unzipped, and rapidly peeled off their legs.
“I can smell you,” Fey whispered huskily as her nose scented her wife’s arousal. As she reached for Allyssa’s panties, she found them soused. “Oh, God,” she worshiped, her own arousal heightened by this woman’s obvious excitement.
“Oh, jeez, Fey,” Allyssa gasped as she arched into Fey’s face.
Fey’s nose was buried between her wife’s legs, her tongue licking avidly as she indulged. Her fingers came into play, plunging inside to encourage that wetness. Her own clit was throbbing, anxiously awaiting its turn.
It was a quick but satisfying climax for Allyssa. “Come here,” she gasped, pulling Fey around until they were in the classic sixty-nine position. She was enjoying Fey’s attention with her agile tongue too much to make her stop, but she wanted Fey to enjoy the same pleasures she was feeling, and she pulled her tight to her face, bathing in the excess moisture streaming from her wife. “Oh, baby,” she crooned as she licked it away.
As they were both bucking and writhing in ecstasy, Fey realized how lucky she had been to find this young woman and how happy she was she had invited her to share in her life. As Allyssa came a second time against her wife’s face, all she could think about was how grateful she was to have found this older and more experienced woman to love her and teach her.
CHAPTER THREE
Fey peered into the darkness as a sound caught her attention. Rex was looking in the same direction. Using the dog’s reactions as a gauge, she relaxed, knowing it was a four-legged predator. She had less to fear from four-legged predators than two-legged, so she continued to the truck to warm it up for her rounds that day. She was thrilled that Allyssa had checked the oil, changed the oil and air filters, and made sure the truck was running well on her day off. That woman she’d married was a marvel. What she didn’t already know, she learned on the internet, and their vehicles were running smoothly as a result.
She glanced about the ranch yard. It was quiet this early in the morning. None of the men were here yet to finish up the roof on the addition to the cabin. According to the foreman, they should finish everything today. That was a good thing too, as she could smell the snow in the air. Winter was coming. They’d already had snow on Halloween, but it hadn’t lasted. This felt different, and she and the animals could feel it. Many of the ranchers and farmers had spoken of it too. It was something tangible in the air. It was only after the weather channels had warned of the impending storm that everyone else in town began to speak of it. The ‘Hawaiian punch’ as they glibly called it was expected to dump a lot of rain and snow on the western states. That meant a lot of water in the rivers and on the land causing landslides and other calamities. The ranchers and farmers were bringing their stock in closer to feed them and keep track of them. This als
o meant they were noticing problems with their animals sooner, hastening their calls to the vets in the area to come out and see them. Looking about her own ranch yard, she saw that Allyssa had everything neatly lined up, so they would know where their trailers and other tools were if they needed them. She’d parked the backhoe next to the barn in a way that ensured the snow shouldn’t block it from being used. She’d already sold two of the trailers, and the remainder were kept separate from the trailers they were keeping. The newly-acquired horse trailer was much better than the dilapidated one they had originally bought, so she was selling that. She heard the strange noise again and turned to the corral, surprised and delighted to see a small shadow next to their llama.
Finally! She’d given birth to her little cria. It was about time and well overdue. Fey approached cautiously. Llamas could be very dangerous, but the new mama seemed proud and almost surprised at the little mini-me that had emerged from her body without any help from her humans and was now following her around. She allowed Fey to approach very slowly and carefully. Petting the little guy, she was pleased to see he was nearly perfect, had his mama’s coloring, and appeared healthy. She petted the mama too, crooning and telling her she had done a good job. Fey was pleased. She had anticipated doing a C-section sometime this week if the llama hadn’t given birth. The cria did seem overly large but that could be due to many factors including his sire. He was worth a lot a money, and she’d come out ahead if they sold him eventually. Right now, she liked the idea of keeping him. He was cute and looked like a stuffed animal, almost unreal. She smiled at the two animals, looking forward to seeing them in full daylight. Meanwhile, she had to get to work.
“Hey, the llama mama gave birth last night. Her little mini-me is following her around the paddock.”
“Oh, I’m going to take a look.”
“You might want to wait until the sun comes up, so you can really see him.”
“Should I do anything special for them?”
“Maybe some extra feed for her but it looked like she had everything in hand. She knows more about what to do than we do. Maybe, if it starts to snow,” she mused, glancing out the front window of the cabin as though she could see the flakes coming down already, “get them in the barn?”
“Yeah, I saw the excitement of the meteorologists. It’s pretty early for all that isn’t it?”
Fey nodded absentmindedly as she thought about the problems of driving in the snow. “Yeah, but up here at the higher elevations…” she got closer to the windows to look up at the mountains and finish her thought, “you do get more. I’m just glad we aren’t up there,” her chin pointed at the mountains beyond their ranch.
“Me too,” Allyssa shivered, imagining what it would be like in those cold, high mountains. She’d never been up there since there hadn’t been time, but sometimes they looked a bit foreboding, especially when the clouds covered them in their mists. Occasionally, she could swear there were higher mountains behind the ones she could see. Fey had told her she’d seen that too, that it was a trick of the light, a reflection in the sky.
“Just stay warm and stay inside once the snow starts, if you can. I’ll sleep in the camper if I have to.”
“I’d like you home, but I will understand if you can’t get back.”
“Yeah, it would suck, but that’s why we have the camper for emergencies,” she reminded her, giving her a sideways hug. Having someone this supportive and understanding was such an enormous help in her work.
Fey went off to work, relieved she didn’t have to worry how her wife would cope. They were well-stocked, and Allyssa was very sensible.
Allyssa watched when the men showed up to finish the roof that day. She felt sorry for them. It had to be cold up on the exposed roof, but they worked quickly and efficiently and got it done in record time. They checked and rechecked the building in various spots, and when the contractor came in with the final bill, he was surprised that she took it and sat down to write him a check instead of telling him she would mail it. “Thank you and your men so much for the work,” Allyssa said brightly as she signed the check with a flourish, handing it to him with a smile.
“And thank you! I hope you enjoy it for many years,” he glanced around, wondering what they were going to use the addition for. They hadn’t asked him to put in special wiring or anything, just normal voltage and the bathroom. He glanced at the nice cabinets in the cabin as well as the bare countertops.
After the men left, Allyssa spent the rest of the day emptying out their storage shed and putting the medical stores on the shelves and in the wooden cabinets they’d had installed in the addition. She went back and forth so many times that Rex finally stopped looking up to greet her each time she went by. Instead, he snoozed until a gust of wind caught his attention. His nose told him that snow was on the way, and he gazed west towards the hill that hid this ranch in the little valley. He knew a major storm was on the way. Glancing at the cats as they tucked their tails around their bodies to keep in the warmth, he saw they knew too.
Allyssa checked on the llama and her cria, marveling at how much it appeared like a big stuffed animal. He shyly checked her out too, and his mama allowed Allyssa to come close enough to pet him. With the wind coming up, Allyssa enticed both the llamas and their riding horses into the storm-tight barn, then fed them, watered them, and locked them in. She didn’t know if the storm would come that day or that night, but she didn’t want to worry about the animals. To be on the safe side, she took one bag of dog food and one bag of cat food and hauled them up to the new addition.
Locking up the storage shed, she wondered if one day they would turn it into a chicken coop as Fey had suggested. It was kind of nice not to have too many animals to look after. She returned to the cabin where Rex was laying and was surprised when he and two of the cats asked to come into the cabin with her. The wind was picking up. She looked out the windows, wondering how far Fey was in her work today and if she should worry whether she would make it home that night. She thought of trying to reach her on the cell phone but knew she shouldn’t do that unless she had an emergency or a message to convey. Calling just to talk might interrupt her work. Fey called randomly to pick up her messages when she was on the road, sometimes just to talk, but Allyssa didn’t feel right doing the same; she would wait.
Fey and the storm arrived about the same time. She gassed up the truck before moving it. She parked the truck right up against the storage shed, so she could restock and was shocked to find all their stores gone! Fighting the strong wind that was already blowing snowflakes before it, she headed for the cabin and fought to keep the door from being blown out of her hands as she got out of the storm. Allyssa looked up, shocked. She hadn’t heard her wife’s steps on the porch with the wind howling around the cabin.
“You okay?” she asked as she came to help her out of her layers of clothing. She was wearing all her layers today, and she hadn’t needed to peel them off except to take care of the animals.
“Yeah, but what the hell happened to the storage shed? Everything is missing!” she gasped as she got out of her clothes.
“It’s all in here now. I put it away in the new addition, so we don’t have to worry if someone is out there looking for drugs or could steal…” she left off, wondering if she had misunderstood the purpose of the addition and if Fiona were angry with her.
“Oh, thank God. I thought something had happened. No, that’s a good idea bringing it all in here,” she said as she bent to get out of her boots. She didn’t care if their food was in the mobile home. She wasn’t going out again, if she could help it. That wind was vicious, and she could feel the snow had bitten into her skin like glass.
Allyssa relaxed, laying out Fey’s clothes to warm them before the comfortable little fire she had built. She poured some hot cocoa she had on the hearth and handed the doctor a mug. The mug read VETERINARY MEDICINE: Because people are gross. They had both laughed when Allyssa presented the mug to Fey.
“Tha
nk you. That smells delicious.” She took it gratefully, warming her hands on the hot mug. She hadn’t been out in the storm long, but the wind gusts had made driving difficult when the camper caught the full brunt of it. Fighting the wheel to stay on the road had required strength and her full attention, and she was exhausted. She also didn’t know how long she had spent standing in front of the now empty storage shed, stupidly looking for the missing supplies. She was cold!
“Do you want me to pull from the stores for you?” Allyssa offered, seeing the crumpled bit of paper in her wife’s hand.
“No, I’ll do it when I’ve warmed up. Say, we better get the chores–” she began, putting down the mug and reaching for her boots.
“Already done, and I brought the llamas and horses in earlier and fed them and watered them. They should be tight for the night. Rex is in here as well as a couple of the cats…” she looked around before adding, “somewhere.”
Rex came wagging to greet his other mistress. He was slower than the pup she had met over a year ago. His accident and being shot had slowed him down, but he was healing and looked good, and she knew he would return to the exuberant dog he had been…it would just take time.
Fey petted him absentmindedly as she sighed, picked up the mug with her other hand, and delicately sipped at the chocolate. “Man, you can feel the storm when you drive. I just hope no one has an emergency tonight.”
“Are you going out there if they do?”
“Well, it depends on what they call about,” she admitted ruefully.
The lights flickered after a particularly strong gust of wind, and the women exchanged glances. Allyssa went to pull out the solar lanterns they owned and placed them strategically throughout the cabin, then she turned off the computer since she was done for the day anyway. She wondered if their phone and computer would be lost if the lines went down. If so, no one would be able to reach them. She glanced at the CB radio. It was all they had and was only static right now. She had it turned low but not off, just in case anyone tried to reach them that way.
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