His arms went round and he crushed her to him. His mouth was on her mouth. Nothing stirred in all those millions of square miles of spinifex and claypan. Even the animals seemed to stand still ‒ as if they too had seen a star-burst.
‘ “Cindie-brown-all-over!” ’ Nick said at length, so softly it caught in the strings of her heart. ‘My Cindie. My wife. I hope you will always be driven ‒ that way.’
He drew her into the curve of his arm again. With his free hand he turned her face so her cheek rested in the curve of his neck once more.
He started up the car, raised the headlights so they made a path of gold across the plain, and down the long, long trail of his road.
They drove on through the wild country, through the Never, across the outback, to the road construction camp.
She had been found when the river was down, and now he was taking her home.
Books by Lucy Walker
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The Call of the Pines
Reaching for the Stars
The River is Down
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Girl Alone
Heaven is Here
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