Celeste Bradley - [Royal Four 03] by One NightWith a Spy

Author:One NightWith a Spy
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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I lie in bed. The night is fair, so the windows are wide to the sky. I cannot rest, for the aroma of climbing roses sweeps my thoughts and makes my body restless. I rise from the linens and go to the balcony to soak the scent of the night into my skin.

I lean on the stone balustrade and look down onto the garden where I last saw my lover. The garden is empty and dark, yet I can still smell his sandalwood through the roses.

“Can you not find your rest, my lady?”

I close my eyes at the deep voice behind me. He always knows when I need him.

“Exhaust me,” I whisper toward the night. “Tire me to collapse.”

Large warm hands cover my shoulders and pull me back onto his broad chest. “I would not want to be forceful with you, my lady.”

I shake my head urgently. “Be forceful with me. I will not break.”

His hands tighten on me in response. I revel in his strength. “As you wish, my lady.”

In one motion, he turns me toward him and presses my lower body to the balustrade with his. His hot mouth comes down on my neck and I feel his teeth scrape my skin. It is not pain I feel, but need.

I need to feel him, to be taken, to be owned. He pulls my nightdress from my shoulders, trapping my arms to my sides. I cannot resist now, I do not want to resist and my imprisonment frees me to be his prey. I close my eyes and surrender to his hot mouth and hard hands. He pulls my braid free and wraps it about his fist, controlling me with the reins of my own hair.

“Take me,” I demand. “Possess me.”

With a single hard tug, my nightdress falls to the garden below, ruined beyond repair. I am bare to the night now, naked before him. He remains fully dressed tonight, my master, my possessor … my lover who always recognizes what I need.

Marcus rode back from the village slowly. He’d done it.

Julia could say that she ended her engagement for Elliot’s safety, but Marcus knew why she had done it. He’d won.

Having accomplished the goal he’d set out to accomplish from the beginning, now he had to decide upon his next step.

Of course, if he were to complete his mission, he must learn everything about her. He must dig deep into her thoughts and bring out all her secrets. Only then could he, and the Three, be sure of her motives and her capabilities.

In the beginning, he’d assumed some sordid bits were lurking just below the surface of her beauty, sure to trip her up and expose her for the manipulator she must be.

Unfortunately, he had come to see precisely why old Barrowby had chosen her. God, if he ever became the Fox, he would be looking for an apprentice with precisely the combination of qualities that Julia possessed in abundance. Intelligence, deep loyalty, honor—she wouldn’t do more than

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