Page 70 of Intrigued By A Highlander

She displayed false courage, keeping her chin raised. “What now?”

His brow narrowed. “Are you asking me if I intend to turn you over to Lord Torrance?”

“What choice do you have? If you don’t, he will see you dead and force me into an unwanted marriage.”

“I won’t let that happen.”

He spoke with such confidence that she almost believed him, wanted to believe him.

“Torrance is a cruel man,” she said.

“So am I.”

Tears rushed to her eyes. “I love you, Knox, and I don’t want to lose you. But I fear one way or another I will and my heart breaks at the thought.”

“And I love you. We are meant to be together. Fate has decreed it and as Mave would say… you don’t question Fate. I will not let you go, and you will not leave me again and remember what I have repeatedly told you. I will always find you.” He walked around the table and caught her tears with his finger before they could fall. “And now, wife, we seal our vows never to be parted.”

He swept her up into his arms and carried her to the other room.

CHAPTER 19

Knox lowered her to her feet by the bed. “I never yearned for a woman as I do for you, Dru, and for now that is who you will remain. I will not use your given name until it is safe for me to do so.”

She turned a wicked smile on him. “So, you’re telling me that you get to make love to two women.”

He shook his head, though he smiled. “Only you would look at it that way.”

“Of course, it gives Autumn something to look forward to when she finally emerges from hiding.”

His hand went to the back of her neck pulling her forward as he brought his head down to kiss her. “Then I will be sure not to disappoint her.”

His kiss captured her with such intensity that she gasped, then she got lost in it. This kiss was different from the others, more commanding, more personal, more loving. And she never felt safer, more comfortable, and more loved.

His hands began to strip her of her garments, and she did the same until they were caught in a web of plaids and tumbled down on the bed together laughing.

“One at a time would be better,” Knox said, kissing her quickly but in need of so much more with her.

“If we each tend to ourselves it would go that much faster,” Dru suggested.

“I like your way of thinking, wife, and that you are as eager as I am.”

“Eager but still,” —she bit at her lower lip briefly— “apprehensive.”

Knox turned on his side and ran his hand slowly over her breast, his thumb skimming her nipple. “I guarantee that once you taste pleasure, you will pester me for it all the time.”

If the feeling that flowed through her from his simple yet intimate touch was any indication, he just might be right, but, of course, she wasn’t about to let him know that—at least not yet.

“You are setting the mark quite high for yourself,” she teased.

“I never miss my mark.”

Dru turned and slipped her hand in his disheveled shirt to caress his muscled chest. “Prove it.”

He was off the bed and stripped himself naked so fast she barely had time to get to her feet and when she did, he stripped off her garments, flinging them aside. Then she was up in his arms, grateful for his warmth since a chill raced through her, then he dropped her on the bed and lowered himself down over her.

He hovered over her, and she reached up to grab his arms and pull him down on top of her. “I’m cold.”

“You will feel heat soon enough.”

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