He walked down the passageway with her and cursed silently. Obviously, he'd grossly overestimated his appeal. Perhaps he should have taken her at her word at Gobhann when she reminded him that she had...
He stopped and looked at her. Your eyes are leaking.It's the flowers. They make me sneeze.Then let us be away from the garden. Open the door, love, if you will.She obeyed, then froze halfway over the...
He leaned over and gently kissed her cheek. Jessica smacked her lips, snorted a time or two, then dropped back off to sleep. I love you, Richard whispered. Sweet Jessie, I do. Only soft snores answere...
He grunted. I knew that was too easy an answer to the riddle. Very well, if you are neither of those things, then what have you to fear from me? You aren’t exactly shy about giving in to your temper....
He cleared his throat roughly. I’m not gentle, he said, tossing the words away as if they pained him. Jessica had no idea where that had come from, but she had the feeling he was comparing himself to...
Damn it, but she hated it when her inner brown bunny came out to play. The
A storm is coming in and I feared you would be frightened. I love storms. We’ll see, he said. I daresay you’ll need my strong arms around you to make you feel safe.
A hint of a smile crossed Robin’s features and he took Jessica’s hand. Well met, then, lady. I vow I despaired of this one ever finding a woman strong enough to face him. You must be accustomed to hol...
You’re trembling, he said. I think I’m scared. But why? He smoothed his hand over her hair. I was a fool to have left you alone, but it won’t happen again. I’ve never had anyone try to kill me before....
You are, she said with a shake of her head, the most incredible man I have ever met. His eyes widened briefly, then they narrowed and his lips tightened. She thought he was going to bellow at her agai...
Stay and ply your needle. I need no hall that stands crooked. I wasn’t going to build it, I was going to help plan it. Impossible. Jessica looked up at him with narrowed eyes. Why? You’re a woman. And...
Richard was jealous. He was jealous and he’d followed her, intending to kiss the hell out of her to show her.
I am a connoisseur of fine irony. 'Tis a bit like fine wine, but it has a better bite.
He threw open the shutters and was silent. There, he said, pointing to a shooting star. Wish to stay together. Hurry. She watched the star’s arc fade and wished, secure in her love’s embrace. I wish t...
He squatted down before her, taking her chin in his hand and lifting her face upward. You need to eat. You’re pale. I’m perfectly fine, she said curtly. He was surprised by her tone, unpleasantly so....
He lifed his head and looked down at her seriously. Could you, he began, then he had to clear his throat. Could you learn to be fond of me? he asked. With enough time?She looked at him in surprise. It...
You, he said distinctly, are, I am quite certain, going to be more trouble than you are worth.
You love her very much, don’t you? Richard couldn’t have been taken more off guard if Kendrick had plowed his fist into his belly. By the saints, nay, he gasped. Then you won’t mind if I kiss her this...
Though at the moment, with the bleak emptiness of the rest of his mortal journey facing him, he couldn’t help but wonder if he might have been better off never to have known her, never to have loved h...
There now, he said, hoping with all his might that she would stiffen her spine before he was called upon to render further aid. No need to weep. You don’t know the half of it, she said, her eyes begin...