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He grinned, leaned down, and kissed her before whispering, “You best me more often than not.”
It was her turn to chuckle. “It is easy to do.”
His arm snaked around her waist and pulled her close. “Be careful, woman, or the warrior in me will rise to defend.”
“Promise?” she said, pressing her cool cheek to his.
“You tempt fate.”
“Fate drew us together, so I but give her what she wants.”
“She wants me to kiss you,” Trey whispered, his lips almost touching hers.
“My thoughts, not fate’s,” she murmured, and kissed him.
Their kiss was hungrier than usual ... hungry for more than just a kiss. It stole the breath and ignited passion that lay so close to the surface.
Arms wrapped around each other, bodies drew near, and hands touched places that neither objected to. It was an aching frenzy that drove them until finally a sound of footfalls intruded, and they broke apart, Trey shoving her behind him and drawing his sword from its sheath, ready to defend.
A hare sat a few feet away, staring at them with wide, round eyes, and, with a twitch of its nose, it hurriedly hopped away.
Trey returned his sword to his sheath and turned to take Bliss’s hand. “We need to be on our way as much as I’d prefer not to.”
She held his hand and walked alongside him in silence, and he wondered why. Usually, she would have a comment or at least a smile, but, instead, she appeared deep in thought. What was she thinking? Could he possibly sneak into her thoughts?
It was as if a bolt of lightning struck him.
She wanted to make love with me.
The thought actually turned him hard, and he silently swore. Damn if he didn’t want the same, and to know that she was willing only made him harder. He’d love to throw a blanket on the ground and consummate their vows here and now, but it was not a good time or place.
Danger could lurk at any turn, and he had to keep her safe. Making love to her might satisfy his lust, but it would do little to protect her. Besides, it wasn’t lust he was looking to satisfy, and that was something he himself had to understand. He wanted more from Bliss and their unusual union.
He was beginning to realize that love played a larger part in what he was looking for than he would have thought possible. He had believed that he would never love again, at least not the way he had loved Leora. But time changed things, as did life, and he was finding that it just might be possible to find love again, and a stronger one at that.
“What troubles you?” he asked with a squeeze of her hand.
She smiled along with a brief laugh, and he was glad to see it.
“Roles reverse, and you worry over me,” she said.
“As husbands and wives do, so share your troubles with me.”
She shook her head. “It is nothing.”
“Nothing or something, I want you to share it with me.”
She looked over at him and when their eyes connected, she laughed and once again shook her head. “You already know.”
He grinned. “Did I get it right?”
“You tell me,” she said.
“You want to make love with me,” he said without hesitation.
“I see that secrets will be impossible with each other.”
While he had been annoyed that she could know his thoughts, he didn’t at all mind knowing hers, at least at the moment.
