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Had he decided to give ht any move on his part would spook eneral

We’d slept together; nohat? It wasn’t as if either of us had a lot of experience

But I’d signed on with him I’d accepted hihe would be outside for a few hours, I begandismay "Sorry, boy Married life requires soedon a stand; I tossedup my clothes in the closet beside Aric’s and cleaned out a feers for s

In one, I kept a cherished rees His sole piece of furniture was a carved sleigh bed I directedon the new bedside table

His ceiling and walls were solid black, the floor black ured a couple of the walls should bebloo the other wall using paint he’d sourced for me

As I moved my brush, I wondered hoould react to all this I hoped by kissingin his leather pants and chain-mail shirt, I’d lusted over him And I’d had sensual dreams of him that hadn’t arisen from the past In one, I’d runthe

Now that I was s I’d heard about froirls in school And since I’d vowed to rets

God, if Aric only knehat I was iht now

I’d just finished up when I heard his spurs down the hall His footsteps slowed He must’ve smelled the bloo and streaked with hts

His gaze swept over arden and artwork In the center of a black wall, I’d painted a huge white rose

Like his banner

His lips curled, and his eyes went starry "You hted" He crossed to stand before me, then cradled my face in his hands "I didn’t want to pressure you And I didn’t know if you would want to officially e, was understandable "I thought you wanted your privacy"

He exhaled "My own doing I was an ass about that when I first forced you to live here"

I couldn’t argue with hi in your bed alone"

"That bed is four hundred years old, whichabout you Once I have you there again, I suspect I will have little control at first I was atteentleman and refrain, so the couch seemed a safer bet"