Diana, he murmured in her ear, licking. Diana, you are everything I’ve ever wanted and shall never have.Tears pricked at her eyes and she opened her mouth to sob.That’s it, he said. Weep for me. Bear...
Maximus, she whispered, all moonlight and strength. I love you. Never forget that.
Whatever else came tomorrow and for the rest of her life, she would have this moment: this one point in time when she was intimately linked to Maximus.Maximus the man.
But… Both men looked over inquiringly when Maximus spoke. But I never asked you to help me with Noakes.Makepeace nodded, his expression grave. You didn’t have to.You never had to, St. John concurred.
He glanced up at her and somehow he’d come back to himself, contained all that terrible sorrow and anger and fear, enough to make ten strong men fall down like babes. Maximus held it all inside of him...
Holding her gaze, he sheathed his short sword and pulled the gauntlet off his left hand with his teeth. He held out his bare hand to her.She glanced at the proffered hand before laying her palm in his...