Author’s note: As many of you have guessed, Emma is suffering from post partum depression. At least, the Enchanted Forest version of it. They don’t have modern mental health diagnoses and treatment, so they don’t call it PPD, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. I meant to mention it sooner, just to clear it up. It’s just one aspect of this story, but it features heavily in the early going. Having True Love doesn’t mean your troubles are over, right? I hope you enjoy this update. 🙂
Summary: Sequel to Only for One Night. The Dark One is still at large. As Emma and Killian adjust to parenthood, can they find a way to defeat him and not lose themselves in the process?
Chapter 3
“Again! You’re holding back, lass!”
Emma threw her husband a scowl, snatching up a nearby tin
cup. Precious cool water glided down her throat; she was parched. When Killian
first suggested he join her training, she thought it would be fun. He loved
watching her fight back when they sailed on the Jolly. They often fought side by side or back to back on the deck
of some prize; it had never failed to make him hot and bothered. She lost count
of the times they tumbled into the captain’s quarters, pawing at each other.
Against the door, the desk, the ladder, the bunk, any flat surface would do. He
simply had to have her.She loved him like that, wild and desperate for her.
This wasn’t a Killian she was very familiar with, barking
orders at her. And it was her fault. She’d asked
him not to go easy on her. To work her just as hard as he would one of his
crew. She was serious about this. Emma had never been some damsel in distress;
her father started teaching her swordplay from a young age. Of course, that was
the way of knights and honor; the man she loved was a pirate. Emma knew how to
take care of herself; she was just out of practice. She was learning that
practicing with Killian was much more difficult than practicing against some
dummy.
Fic: Thorn Among Roses (4/?) (M)
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