They kissed again and this time they didn’t stop. The water rained down, washing away any ghosts that lingered, leaving only the love they had for each other.
Her body melted against his and she found herself pressed into the wall by his flexing muscles.
“Mine,” he growled, kissing and licking at her neck and shoulders, across her breasts then between them. “There is no more locking yourself away. Understand? Not from me.” The kisses continued, down her arms, across her hips.
She needed this doting attention. This all-consuming passion from him. It soothed and healed and made her feel cherished. By the time he knelt and hitched her thigh onto his shoulder, she was nearly weeping at the sweetness of him pouring such love all over her.
Her stomach jumped in reaction at the way he claimed her. He pleasured her until she was delirious, crying out with abandon. Then he stood and took her where she was, against the hard tiles, naked and slick as he drove into her, hard and deep. It was lust and bonding and naked unabashed love. When the climax came, they were in it together, trying to meld their slippery bodies into one being so they could never be separated again.
Then they leaned there, panting and wrung out, the water cooling, barely able to find the strength to get to the bed. They fell asleep in each other’s arms, waking to make love again without the frantic pace driving them.
“We have time, bella. All our lives,” he murmured, rocking lazily within her.
She released a shaken sigh, combing her fingers through his hair and was astonished at the lightness in her. The breadth of view. Years and years to come of this.
“I love you. You’re the only man who could have given me this.”
“You’re the only woman I want or need. The only woman I could love so much.”
Later that evening, he placed his rings on her finger as they dressed for dinner. The Queen wasn’t one for making apologies, either, but she invited them to dine with her and suggested Xavier take his son and wife to Spain the day after Christmas if it was something Trella wanted.
It was, he did and it was wonderful.
EPILOGUE
Press release five years later...
Inconceivable Twins!
The Deunoro Palace surprised the world today by announcing that King Xavier and Queen Trella are celebrating the arrival of their daughter, Vivien.
Queen Trella’s sister, Queen Angelique of Zhamair, also celebrates with her husband King Kasim the arrival of their third child, and first daughter, Genevieve.
While it was widely reported that Queen Angelique was carrying twins, it has now been revealed that, with the help of the world-renowned fertility clinic in Lirona, Queen Angelique was implanted with one egg from each set of parents.
Mother and babies are in excellent health.
The Queens’ brothers, Henri and Ramon Sauveterre, were on hand with their own growing families to welcome this latest and most unusual pair of Sauveterre twins.
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A Baby to Bind His Bride
by Caitlin Crews
CHAPTER ONE
“THEY CALL HIM the Count,” the gruff man told her as he led her deeper and deeper into the wild, wearing more flannel and plaid than Susannah Betancur had ever seen on a single person. “Never a name, always the Count. But they treat him like a god.”