Three Moon Station by Icy Snow Blackstone

Author:Icy Snow Blackstone [Blackstone, Icy Snow]
Format: epub
Published: 2010-02-13T06:55:53+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

I have a great wish for there to be na lies in this marriage...

Katy woke with Sar's words in her mind. He'd said that about himself but she felt that it applied to her even more. She was the one who'd come into this marriage with lies, though she'd told him the truth soon enough. Even now, she was continuing to be untruthful, for she had to make him believe she didn't really love him, when she was beginning to love Sar as passionately as he loved her.

She felt him stir, lean over to press a kiss against her temple and whisper, "Time to get up, Sunshine," and silently, not looking at him, she crawled out of bed, got her clothes and began to dress.

It was only after she'd fastened her jeans and stepped into her slippers that she realized he was sitting on the side of the bed, fully dressed, watching her with an expression that held more than a little sadness.

"You're angry about last night."

"No," she denied quickly, trying not to look at him and finding nothing else she wanted to fix her eyes on. "No, I'm not."

"Then why have you na spoken to me since we woke?"

"Oh, Sar." She went around the bed, coming to stand between his knees, putting her hands on his shoulders and bending to kiss him.

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"'Tis sorry I am, Sunshine—" he allowed himself a slightly sheepish smile, "for anything I said last night. I mixed the herbs a little too strongly, I think. You're right. Maybe I'd better na be using them." He shook his head. "'Tis just that I worried—"

She couldn't keep from smiling at him, moving closer to brush back the copper hair hanging in his face and press a kiss against his forehead.

"Sar, you're so sweet."

He grimaced. "Sweet isna what any man wishes to be called, Katy."

"Well, you are. A-and good and kind and—"

"God!" He turned his head, looking toward the ceiling. "You make me sound like a saint."

"Now that you mention it, you do look like one—one of those old paintings in a family Bible—" She considered, one finger on her chin. "Yes ... John the Baptist, I think. It's all that hair, I suppose."

"And we all know what happened to him. Lost his head to a lass who liked to dance."

"Or an angel," Katy went on, fully into her fantasy now.

"That's it. A beautiful, red-haired angel."

"I'll be na angel," he protested. "Do you know that angels canna have wives? They're sexless, poor creatures."

"Scratch that idea then." Katy laughed. "Would you settle for simply being my knight in shining armor? Sir Lancelot? Sir Galahad? Sir Sarkin?"

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"God, you're a fey one." He pulled her onto his lap, kissing her throat, just under her ear, and abruptly, her mouth. "Or daft. I'm na certain which."

He kissed her again, longer this time, holding her tightly and when he let her go, whispered, "By God, I love you, Katy."

The words seemed loud in the room, followed by quiet.

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