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"Hush" She lay facing his strong, broad back Slowly she sid side and inched forward until she hugged against hi with the heat of his body He arh, her face nuzzling his wide shoulders He’d been stiff at first, but now he relaxed, as if conceding the moment to her She smiled All her life she’d slept alone Now she did not

Finally, she was ho down his back, and his first emotion was shaar Shame that he couldn’t sleep in a bed like other men Sha soths sme that she knew his secret Then her hands moved lower, and lust uncurled in his belly

He opened his eyes and found it still dark, the fire having died down Norht a candle, but at the moment, the dark didn’t bother hiroaned To feel those cool, sli his heat was the stuff that ht when they were far froered the head of his cock and then wrapped her hand about the shaft, slowly sliding up and down His balls were drawn up hard and tight; he could feel the press of her sainst his back, and it was

He turned over "Cli about her face, and in the dilow of the fireplace, she looked like some fey creature come to lure hi slender leg over his hips Then she sat straight and tall and so pri prick

"Take me inside, my lady wife," he whispered "Put ht he saw her frown in the dark, as if disapproving of an inappropriate subject at tea She ht look priht and with him she was a wanton creature

"Ride ed "Ride me until you weep on my prick Ride asped then and rose He could feel her hands about him as she sank down, and it was all he could do not to cry out Tight wet fe to hirabbed her buttocks to pull her firainst hiainst hi his face She rode hiainst his He waited, holding back, watching her expression Her eyes were closed, her lovely face tipped back He moved his hand to palm her breast, and she arched her back He pinched that pretty little nipple, torturing that bit of flesh until she gasped And then he flicked it lightly

"Jasper," she panted "Jasper"

"Yes, my love?"

"Touch h his face shone with sweat

She jolted against hi her hips to punish hiht

Then she said, "Not like that You know"

He shook his head gently and flicked her nipple again "You’ll have to say it, my heart"

She sobbed

He should’ve taken pity, but alas he was a wicked carnal man, and he wanted to hear those sweet, prim lips utter the words "Say it"

"Oh, God, touch my pussy!"

And he felt the first spurt, just at the words He gasped and thu in and out of hers, and it was too ht herinto her, showering her with his soul

Chapter Fourteen

The next day, the king announced the second trial: to bring back a silver ring that was hidden atop a ain, Jack waited until everyone left, and then he opened his little tin snuffbox Out caht and wind and the sharpest sword in the world Jack put on the suit and took up the sword and then whoosh! Whist! there he was, quick as you please, in front of the nasty troll and his blade Well, this battle took a little longer than the first, but in the end, the result was the sa

--from LAUGHING JACK

When Melisande awoke the next one from the room She brushed her hand over his pillow It was still warm, and she could see the indent where his head had been She was alone, just like all the other e, but this tiht She’d listened to his breathing, heard the slow thump of his heartbeat, been warmed by his hot, bare skin

She lay afor Suchlike Half an hour later, she was downstairs, ready for breakfast, but her husband was not to be found

"Lord Vale went riding, my lady," a sheepish footman said "He said he’d be back when ’twas time to leave"

"Thank you," Melisande said, and went into the little dining roo him Besides, he’d have to come back eventually

But Vale chose to ride his horse beside the carriage that day, and she swayed inside with just Suchlike for coh by late afternoon and pulled up beside Vale’s aunt’s stylish town house just after five in the evening Vale opened the door to the carriage, and Melisande only had ti the a sunny yellow dress She had rosy cheeks, a perpetual smile, and a rather loud voice, which she kept constantly in use

"This is Melisande, my lady wife," Vale said to his aunt when she paused for breath in her effusive welcome

"So happy toyodeled "Do call me Aunt Esther"

So Melisande did

Aunt Esther led them into her house, which had apparently been redecorated on the occasion of herher third husband "New man, new house," she said rinned

It was a lovely house High on one of Edinburgh’s many hills, it was of Whitestone and had clean, classical lines Inside, Aunt Esther favored white marble and a checkered black and white floor