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He do He crawled onto her bed, near her feet, and ski her hips, her sides, easing up until he was looking down on her

"What sort of spell have you cast overhisthe weight of his body resting on hers The scent of brandy and oranges wafted around her Wrapping her legs around hi the uneven flesh Her husband wouldn’t be marred like this He would have lived a leisurely existence fraught with few dangers Would he stir her to life like this? Would he have her writhing and panting beneath him?

Or was this wild abandonment limited to the wicked?

"You’re beautiful, so beautiful," he rasped, worshipping her body with his rown accustoaze, he rose above her "Be sure, Anne"

"I aed into her She cried out with the pleasure of it, the rightness of it It felt so good to have hih each thrust was a return home She met his movements with a determination and fierceness that astounded her She wanted to claim him, possess him, own hi hiirl that she couldn’t have Tristan because he belonged to Anne Only he didn’t

He belonged to the sea

And she knew that she would have to give hiht Maybe one ht would only add to the weight of sorrohen he finally parted froland’s shores She kneould leave The sea would call to him and he would answer

Yet at this moment, it was her cries that he responded to It was his answering grunts that echoed around her His eyes held hers He measured her pleasure, increased it with deeper, ers into his buttocks, anchored herself to hih her

As she cried out, he covered her runts just before he arched back and shuddered above her in a nificent display of pure ed to find the strength to trail her fingers over his glistening chest

He cursed soundly before rolling off her onto his back and drawing her up against his side Staring at the canopy, in between harsh breaths, he muttered, "I didn’t think to protect you Daun withdrawing, spilling his seed on the sheets rather than in her She understood the precautions that were needed, but it always left her wanting While she didn’t want to find herself with child, a distant part of her thrilled with the possibility But it would be such a disaster She should remind hiht was that she wanted him to stay

She cradled his taut jaw "It doesn’t always happen iet with child"

He chuckled low "I gave no thought to anything except the wonder of being inside you again"

She felt the heat suffusing her entire body at the crudity of his words One didn’t talk so pointedly about such things