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"I could use a drink," he said "Keep an eye on the water"
I nodded, pulled the lid frolass jar of what looked like purple dust dotted with tiny dried flowers beside the tub, sniffed Lavender and soent Eucalyptus, maybe "Fancy some bath potpourri?" I called out
"I’m not entirely sure what that is," he said froh I’d prefer not to smell like a Parisian parfumerie"
"I don’t think that will be a problem," I said, and scooped some of the salts and sprinkled the balhts of battle and blood out of my mind
"This is the second time I’ve found you nearly asleep near water," Ethan said He’d taken off his shirt, his shoes, his belt He wore only black trousers, the waistband fra the bricks of onal muscles that marked his hips
I opened lass of wine he offered, its color as pale as light "Not asleep," I said, taking a sip "Just trying to be somewhere else"
He lifted an eyebrow
"Not away from you," I clarified "Just away from that"
He nodded, brushed a lock of hair from my face "There will be ht, Merit, just for ourselves We may not have Paris, but we’ll at least have ht that don’t involve violence"
"That sounds good"
He turned off the water, then took e of the tub, then went to his knees in front of me
"I’ hard against rising lust I didn’t have to fight that feeling--not with ht But the lust was fueled by exhaustion, and I didn’t want to rush this Not our first time as husband and wife
"It seems you have me onMy eyes closed instinctively,back I focused on the sensations of his hands onas they slipped, one inch at a ti froarter that held it, skiainst me
I looked down at hiain, but I’m not sure that’s accurate"
He looked up atin mind, Sentinel I intend to make you desperate, and leave you breathless"
As if on cue--as if he mastered my body as well as my House--the breath shuddered out of , tossed it away as he had the first, and then slipped down the garter, fingers ski my core I had to reach out for balance as sensation threatened to topple ain, took ainst his heart "This beats for you, eternally"
I nodded, incapable of words, and slid id with arousal and want He sucked in a breath