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Conal , being supernatural and al antly upon a ed back upon it entirely bare and looking expectantly up at his wife

"Very romantic, htly at that, but Lady Maccon was not so immune to her husband’s char-muscled nudity and bashful expression

She divested herself of her overdress and skirts

Henoise when she cast herself, swanlike, on top of him well , perhaps more beached-sea-mammal-like than swanlike, but it had the desirous upshot of plastering th of his It took him a moment to recover from several stone of wife suddenly settled atop hient quest to rid her of al her re in as little time as possible He unlaced the back and popped open the front of her corset, and stripped off her chemise with al the consummate skil of a lady’s h she was flattered by his haste

As though influenced by her cohly doubted, he suddenly switched tactics and jerked her against hi his face in the side of her neck, he took a deep, shuddering breath The movement lifted her upward as his wide chest expanded She felt alhtly off hian stroking over her slightly rounded bel y

"So, a soul-stealer, is that e’re getting?"

Alexia wriggled slightly, trying to get hi She would never admit it out loud, of course, but she enjoyed it when he becah "One of the Rolowering thoughtful y "Na, stil never heard of it But, then, I’m na al that old"

"It certainly has the va in its " His big hands beganoptimistical y in a northward direction

"Nohat are you about?" wondered his wife

"I have so to do Must evaluate size differentials," he insisted

"I hardly see how you could tel the difference," pointed out his wife, "considering their oversubstantial nature to start with"

"Oh, I believe I aoals in life," agreed his wife, a slight tremor in her voice

"And to determine al the new particulars, I must apply al the available tools in my repertoire" This comment apparently indicated Conal intended to switch and use his mouth rather than his hands

Alexia, itout of both token protests and the ability to breathe regularly And since her husband’s mouth was occupied, and even a olf shouldn’t talk with his mouth ful , she determined that was the end of their conversation

So it proved to be the case, for some time at least