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Her breath caught in anticipation She could think of nothingalone with thiswith him Reece helped hervery unbalanced He then climbed up behind her and wrapped his arainst his well-athered spectators cheered as Eleanor and Reginald rode out the gate

Lady Eleanor looked up at Reginald Breathless with happiness, she wrapped her arainst his face “Are we really to be ?” she asked

“I told you the first time I met you that I would marry you someday”

“Reg, you were six years old!”

“True, but I was in love with you even then”

She kissed his he had done to her body the night before and wondering if it was too soon to ask hiain Maybe she could wait until their wedding night Maybe

Chapter 12

Reece drew the horse to a halt when they reached a sround before dis the banner with his faround before reaching into the saddlebag and drawing out a flask of wine Lara sat on the banner and waited for Reece to join her Had he always been this irresistibly handso to do with the valor he’d displayed during the tourna at him made her mouth water Maybe it was because he was all sweaty As he became when he made love to her

Reece stretched out next to her on his side and propped his head up on the hand of his bent ar it to her She pressed it to her lips, strangely aware that his had just touched it Very middle school of her to think of it as an indirect kiss, but she couldn’t help it The ar

“Are you hungry?” he asked

She was hungry For Reece And not indirect kisses

“Not for food,” she murmured

She shifted closer to hiainst his tenderly When she dreay, his eyes were closed He seemed to savor her kiss as she had the wine

“How’s your shoulder?” she asked “Asshat hit you really hard with that lance”

“I’ the area, “but the armor absorbed the blunt of the blow”

“That’s good,” sheher kiss, his eyes drifted closed She loved him like this—all calm and dreaain, prolonging the gentle brush of her lips against his When her tongue tentatively stroked his upper lip, he groaned and reached for her, drawing her against him Her hair curtained them to any creature who happened to witness the sweet kisses they shared

She dreay again and they stared into each other’s eyes After a moment, he lifted a hand to touch her cheek “Have I told you how beautiful you are today?”

“Soainst his breastbone, loving the feel of his heartbeat beneath her fingertips She flattened her hand and stroked her way up to his neck, her fingers finding the strands of his hair, still sweat-damp from his exertions in the arena She wondered why she found hisShouldn’t a sweaty male be offensive? But he wasn’t She wanted to lick him from head to toe

He grinned at her “Are you surprised?”

“About what?”

“That you really can fall for someone like me?”

“First of all, whatfor you?”

“I remember the first time you looked atthe side of her neck “I’ll never tire of it”

“What look?”

“The one where you’re the predator and I’m the prey”

“Shouldn’t prey be a little more afraid of his predator?”

“I like it,” he whispered into her ear before planting a suckling kiss on her neck just beneath her earlobe

She tensed, a spasuard

“And why is it so hard to believe I could fall for so you aren’t telling ?”

His lips paused in their delectable exploration of her throat He see like that,” he said His hand entle motions

“Then what?”

“We’re different, that’s all Reserved intellectual meets impulsive troublemaker”

“I wouldn’t call you reserved,” she murmured

He chuckled, his breath teasing her throat “I’ to make love to your ear now”