titus

All right, my hope__ut I am not saying the rest of it__ have something you need to feel.__he feigned the sound of outrage. __ut we barely know each other, sir!__e laughed softly. __ut you must hold it in your hand and feel it change,_ he urged, in her ear. __ insist. I can wait no longer.__he knew they were on a serious subject, but the flutter of his breath on her skin, the low drawl of his words__eat raced along all her nerve endings. __ill I like it?___ell, I do have to apologize for its size. It is rather small._ And with that, he pressed something rather small into her hand.

The prince set her down and dismissed his valet. The latter left with a bow and closed the door. Leaning against the wall, the prince pulled off his stockings. As he walked toward the amethyst tub, he yanked his shirt over his head.He was lean and tightly sinewed. Her little bird heart thudded.He glanced at her, his lips curved in not quite a smile. The next thing she knew, his shirt had flown through the air and landed on the cage, blocking her view toward the bathtub.__orry, sweetheart. I am shy.__he chirped indignantly. It was not as if she would have continued to watch him disrobe beyond a certain point.

I doubt your Argonaut kin would approve of that,_ she managed. __hey didn__ much like me being in your realm.___hey__l just have to get used to it. Some things in life are more important than duty and honor.__ods, how she wished that were true. __othing in life is more important than duty and honor, Titus.__e cradled her face in his hands again. __ou are.__hat was it. All she could take. A desperate need to be close to him one last time overwhelmed every thought and action. She pressed her mouth to his. Kissed him hard. Gasped when his arms closed around her waist with the strength of a vise. Lost herself in the sweet taste of his tongue stroking urgently across hers.__ want you,_ she whispered against his lips. Desperation clawed at her soul.She pressed her lips to his again, opened, licked into his mouth. Warmth, wetness, hunger caressed her tongue in an erotic dance. She trailed one hand down his bare chest, over the waistband of his pants.

H--__ow did we get in the water?___ou were burning. I needed to do something to cool you. As soon as I carried you in, though, you started flailing around. Scared me,_ he added on a whisper.That explained the dream. But it didn__ change what she knew was coming. She pressed her face against his neck and drew in the sweet scent of his skin. Loved the rasp of his stubbly cheek against her flesh.__hy do I get the feeling you__e holding something back?_ he asked softly.Because he was smart. And because even in the short amount of time they__ been together, he__ learned more about her than anyone else in her entire life. __ believe in signs. I never did before but_I dreamed about you.___ou did?__he nodded. __ think I have for a while, I just_I didn__ know it was you. But now__he swallowed hard. __ should have waited for you. It__ the biggest regret I have. I__ sorry I didn__ wait.

Titus, have you ever had your heart broken?___h, son. How could you ask a man who used to play the blues a question like that?___ow long does it take to go away?___ broken heart?___eah.___here__ no precise formula, Sammy.___ust give me an estimate.___ good rule of thumb is at least half the time that you were in love. Or twice the time. It all just depends.