James, Samantha by A Promise Given (v1.1)

Author:A Promise Given (v1.1) [Given, A Promise]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2010-12-24T00:09:59.125000+00:00

Chapter 14

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Not so with the man at her side.

His mood was still dark when he’d risen from his lumpy bed of hay this morn. He'd risen before dawn that alt would not know of the discord with his wife. Yet when he'd come upon her this morn, he’d been sorely tempted to laugh, for his soldiers were utterly confounded by her orders.

Nay, he decided anew. He'd not spend the night in the stable again. He'd find a far softer comfort in his bed—and her slender, shapely arms.

Lifting the sheet, he gazed at her. He allowed his regard to wander where fit would, savoring the beauty of face and form, with no worry of reproach from his shy, prideful wife.

A powerful swell of possessiveness carne over him. It was just as he'd said. She was in his home. His castle. His bed. Now fit was real, real as fit had not been before.

She was his. His and no other's.

He was pleased with the way she'd embraced her role as mistress of the castle. A twinge of bitterness crept through him. If only she embraced her husband so readily!

Theirs would not be a chaste marriage. This he knew well and true. He would not even try to keep his distance, for he knew he'd fail. She had only to be near and he was stirred beyond reason.

If she needed time to accept their marriage—to accept him as husband—so be it. But he would not deny himself the enjoyment of the marriage bed. It felt so right with Sabrina, right as it would never have been with Margaret.

'Twas fate that had robbed Margaret of her life, he decided. 'Twas fate that led him to Sabrina. Their destinies were entwined as one. He could not fight it. His mood grew suddenly fierce.

Nor could she.

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