thief-of-shadows

Shhh._ He put a finger to her lips. __ear me out. I cannot deny that I would've liked to have made babies with you. A little girl with your hair and eyes would've been the delight of my life. But it is you that I want primarily, not mythical children. I can survive the loss of something I've never had. I cannot survive losing you. (Winter Makepeace)

I love you,_ he whispered as he thrust again. And again. Each movement controlled. Each small movement devastating in its effect. __ love you.__he lost all concept of time. She lost her place and surroundings. She couldn__ remember who he was__ho she was. She lost her mind.

He shoved his hips against her, reminding her of what they had just done, and said, __ had never bedded a woman before you. I made that plain. Did you think I let you seduce me lightly? No, I did not. You made a deal with me the moment you gave me entry into your body.___ made no such deal!_ Her eyes were angry__nd frightened__ut he would not let her make him back down.__recious Isabel,_ he whispered. __ou made a deal with your heart, your soul, and your body, and you sealed it with the wash of your climax on my c*ck.__he blinked, looking dazed. He__ never used such words before, especially not with her, but their bluntness was necessary.

I would do violence for one glimpse of your naked breasts. Bleed for one taste of your nipple on my tongue. (Winter Makepeace)

There was no sound, but she felt a movement, a shifting of the air in her room, the warmth of another presence.Isabel opened her eyes. He was there, at the foot of her bed, a single candle in his hand, dressed only in shirtsleeves, waistcoat, and breeches.__orgive me,_ he whispered as he set the candle down. __ could not stay away.

But you must be awash in a sea of compliments, my lady. Every gentleman you meet must voice his admiration, his wish to make love to you. And those are only the ones who may voice such thoughts. All about you are men who cannot speak their admiration, who must remain mute from lack of social standing or fear of offending you. Only their thoughts light the air about you, following you like a trail of perfume, heady but invisible. (Winter Makepeace)

She threw one leg over his and straddled his lap, then reached under herself and found him again.He tore his mouth from hers. __ait.___o._ She looked him frankly in the eyes. __ don__ care if you spill at once. I need you inside me now.__is beautiful eyes widened and then narrowed. __ou__l not always hold the reins, my lady.__he smiled sweetly. __aturally not, but I do now.

She smiled as she poured tea into his cup. __ hope you find your rooms comfortable?___uite._ He took a too-hasty sip of tea and scalded his tongue.__he view is to your liking?__e had a view of a brick wall. __ndeed.__he fluttered her eyelashes at him over the rim of her teacup. __nd the bed. Is it soft and_ yielding?__e nearly choked on the bite of cake he__ just taken.__r do you prefer a firmer bed?_ she asked sweetly. __ne that refuses to yield too soon?___ think___e narrowed his eyes at her___hatever mattress I have on the bed you gave me is perfect. But tell me, my lady, what sort of mattress do you prefer? All soft goose down or one that__ a bit_ harder?__t was very fast, but he saw it: Her gaze flashed down to the juncture of his thighs and then up again. If there hadn__ been anything to see there before, there certainly was now.__h, I like a nice stiff mattress,_ she purred. __ell warmed and ready for a long ride.

She gasped again and opened blue eyes lit with erotic mischief. __re you trying to steal the reins from me?__ven with his penis buried deep within her, even moments from climax, he arched an eyebrow. __ou have them only by my permission.

It hardly mattered. She was tired of waiting for him to acknowledge who he was. Tired of donning a false mask of gaiety when she was so much more__elt so much more__eneath. No one had ever noticed her mask. No one but him. If he couldn__ or wouldn__ make the first move, then damn it, she would.

I'll never look at you in any way but complete admiration._ He stroked her hair soothingly. __ou will never be a millstone about my neck. Rather you're the sunshine that brightens my day._ He swallowed. __on't you see? You brought me into the daylight. You've embraced parts of me that I was never able to let see light. Don't make me retreat again into the night. (Winter Makepeace)

But he place a gentle palm under her chin and turned her face back to him. __'m privileged to see you like this,_ he said, his eyes fierce. __ear you social mask at your balls and parties and when you visit your friends out there, but when we are alone, just the two of us in here, promise me this: that you'll show me only your real face, no matter how ugly you might think it. That's our true intimacy, not sex, but the ability to be ourselves when we are together. (Winter Makepeace)