The Regent's Knight by J. M. Snyder

Author:J. M. Snyder [Snyder, J. M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy, Epic, Romance, Erotica, Historical, Gay
ISBN: 9781463630171
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2011-07-01T00:00:00+00:00

Amery’s chin, he raised the regent’s face toward his for a sweet, lingering kiss. “You’re just a jealous man, seeing things that aren’t there.”

Tovin’s arms held him tight. “Of course I’m jealous.” He picked at a stray thread in his lover’s surcoat and struggled to rein in emotions that exhausted him. “That…that squire does what he likes with whomever catches his fancy. Last night he flirted with Berik at my table, shameless

. And today he’s here with you, fondling himself as he entertains who knows what sort of wicked thoughts…”

A smirk tugged at Tovin’s mouth. “If he spent the night with Berik,” he teased gently, “perhaps what you mistook for arousal was nothing more than a deep, burning itch

.”

Amery pulled out of his lover’s embrace and leaned against the table, crossing his arms, sullen.

“Regardless, I am a prisoner in this castle, Tovin. You know it. The crown dangles above me like the hangman’s noose. My advisers pressure me into taking it, and now Bellona has the audacity to tell me that bedding a knight does not befit my stature. As if I have no say in the matter of who I am to love.”

“Ah.” Tovin turned back to his maps, the smile on his face soured. “So that’s what this is all about. Beautiful

Bellona

. If witchcraft were a crime, she’d be the first to burn.”

With a laugh, Amery sidled up behind him and wrapped his arms around his lover’s waist.

Kissing the knight’s

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exposed neck, he murmured, “Can’t we stop these war games now? Put away our crowns and our swords? I want you.”

“I’m in the middle of something,” Tovin replied, but he laced his fingers through Amery’s and leaned back into his embrace. “I’ll be finished shortly.”

Amery sighed. “When?” Before Tovin could reply, he added, “You’ve been poring over those maps all day long.

You’re neglecting me.”

With a sardonic glance over his shoulder, Tovin said, “I am not neglecting you.”

For the first time all day, Amery grinned. “You are

.”

Skirting around Tovin, he eased between the knight and the table. Tovin gave ground without comment, leaning against

Amery as the regent glanced at the map the knight had been studying. Even in this position, Amery loved the way their bodies fit together. Ignoring the start of an erection that prodded his buttocks, Amery pointed at the top map. “What’s this?”

Tovin hugged Amery close and buried his nose in the regent’s hair. “The castle floor plans,” he explained. “I’m trying to get a handle on the layout of this place. If I am to protect it—”

“Where’s my room?” Amery interrupted. He spotted a large area that filled one section of the map and pointed to it.

“Is this it? My chambers?”

But Tovin laughed. “That’s the ballroom, silly.” Taking Amery’s hand in his, he guided the regent’s finger until it pointed to a small square in the far right corner. “That’s your

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