Wendy Stone To Tame a Wolf

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nose. He took her hand and wrapped her resisting fingers
around his cock. "Does this feel like pity?"
"Lust," she said, though when he removed his hand, she
didn't take hers away. His cock felt so different to her, soft
skin over steely hardness. Contradictions, as he'd said.
"Must I beat it into this lovely, thick skull? I care about
you, Rose. I couldn't let Geoffrey take you. He would use up
everything good inside of you, leaving you bitter and cold. He
would take his mistresses to his bed in front of you, heedless
of your wants and wishes, only coming to you to produce son
after son until you were used up or dead. I couldn't let him do
that to you."
"Perhaps we could have grown to care for each other," she
said, realizing how little chance there was of that. This rogue
had already taken her heart from her, those two days spent
in the crofter's hut. Even the revelation of his schemes hadn't
changed that. Otherwise, why would she be lying here in front
of him, naked as the day she was born, her hand idly stroking
his male flesh?
"Do you believe, after the amount of care he'd taken for
your safety and comfort, that he could come to love you,
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Rose?" He quirked one eyebrow up, and she couldn't help the
giggle that escaped her at his tone.
"My father chose him...No, I would never have come to
love him."
"What of me?" Wulf asked suddenly, his body going still.
"Could you come to love me?"
Rose blushed under the scrutiny of his eyes. "I-I do care,
Wulf, more than I wish to admit. But l-love?"
"Then, shall we marry, see what fate will hold in store for
us?"
"You're asking now? Not demanding?"
"I asked earlier," he reminded her.
"But then I thought you only a traveler, not the misplaced
lord of Red Thorn Keep."
"Misplaced?" he laughed.
"What would you have me call it?" She glanced up at him
from under her thick lashes, teasing him now. "Would our life
together be one of living underground, like pests from my
mother's gardens?"
"No. I plan to return to the Lord's chair in Red Thorn,
Rose. It will be a battle, but my men are nearly ready and
with your father's backing..."
"Ah, so it is my father's troops you wish to wed and not
me."
He growled and she giggled, an enchanting sound. He
proved his enjoyment of it to her by nibbling on the flesh of
her ribs to hear her giggle again. "No, they wouldn't be so
soft, nor as accommodating in bed. I'll marry you, and keep
them for the fighting."
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"Me for the loving and them for the fighting. Seems a
proper way to work things." She glanced up at him again.
"Then I suppose I must marry you, for you have sorely used
me. My father might decide to rid himself of his son-in-law if I
am not kept happy."
"Then we must seal this bargain with a kiss, for I will not
let you go back on your word now, Adaira Rose." He bent his
head, finding her lips and kissing her far more intimately than
the chaste kiss a bargain like this demanded. Her hands slid
under his shirt, roaming over his bare back, drawing him back
over her as she spread her thighs to welcome him. He slid
home, her gasp echoing his own.
Her nails dug into the smooth skin of his back as he began
with several quick strokes. He groaned, finding her lips once
more. Rose felt the pleasure building inside of her and she
tore her lips from his, crying out his name as it spilled over
her. White hot bursts of ecstasy made her arch into him,
holding him as the only stable thing in a world gone wild.
He roared his pleasure and she felt his body jump as he
emptied himself inside her, filling her with his seed.
* * * *
Outside their door stood Liana, a gown in her hands for the
lovely Rose. She smiled at the noise from within and decided
to give them a few moments. As she waited, her thoughts
returned to the fight ahead and worry began to creep back
into her pale green eyes.
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Liana had already made peace with her own ghosts. Her
husband had taken the Lady Solana as his mistress many
years before.
Solana had been a lady in her own right, widowed and
childless. Her husband's death left her with property, a vast
mansion and grounds, but no stable income. Until Wulfgar's
father had come along, Solana had been faced with complete
ruin. The men who had sworn fealty to her husband wouldn't
obey her, despite their oaths. Some actually stole from her,
further depleting her vanishing funds. When the lady
confronted them and demanded they keep their sworn
responsibilities, they laughed. A few did worse, staining their
honor by abusing a widow to whom they owed allegiance.
During one such encounter Cedrick, Wulf's father, had
been riding by the manse on his way back to his own lady
wife, who was heavy with their first child. Liana didn't know
too many of the details. She knew only that the Lady Solana
had been at the mercy of guards with dire intentions. Cedrick
had declined to say more, save that he was unable to
honorably turn away from a woman in such need.
Solana had been only too happy to repay the kind lord for
his help, sharing with him the only gift that she had left to
give. Her body. Cedrick's journey had been long and his wife's
pregnancy difficult. Though his love for his wife was strong,
his flesh was, in this moment, weak.
Cedrick spent three nights at the manse, being entertained
by the Lady Solana and helping her right the wrongs that had [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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