A deep sigh that caused me to rise and fall with it, my eyes snapped open. I sucked in a tremulous breath and held very still, blinking in the late afternoon light that filtered through the branches. Branches, oh God! I stiffened. “Shh, shh, shh, I’ve got you,” William’s arms tightened around me and I closed my eyes. “Just get me down!” I snapped, I didn’t mean to, it’s just, I’ve never been a fan of heights. “Sorry, I’m sorry!” I blurted immediately and he chuckled. “I’m batting a thousand with you, huh Sugar? Didn’t know you were afraid of heights,” I felt my chest rise and fall in short, sharp breaths and tried not to panic too much. “Please, just get us down?” I pleaded, completely failing at putting forward any kind of front of assurance. “Can you turn? Put your arms around me?” he asked. Oh great. Getting into this position had been easy, he’d done all the work, now I had to try and turn around and that was gonna be all me, baby! And I didn’t want to do it.
