Untouched by Anna Campbell

Author:Anna Campbell [Campbell, Anna]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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UNTOUCHED

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Toward dawn, Matthew roused Grace from her restless

doze. She’d hardly slept and in the candles’ guttering light,

exhaustion marked her lovely face.

He was a conscienceless beast. He’d used her ruthlessly,

relentlessly, only giving her brief surcease. She’d be sore.

He hadn’t been gentle, to his shame.

They hadn’t spoken of parting. Although impending

separation hovered behind every touch, every sigh, every

climax. He’d tried to make this night more than a sorrow-

ful valediction. He wanted it to be a celebration of their

love that she’d remember with a smile through the years to

come. The years he couldn’t be with her.

This was the last time they’d lie together. An elegy

played in his heart as he cupped her breast. It fit perfectly in

his hand. She was naked. They’d eventually shed the last of

their clothes. He’d forgotten quite when. Somewhere before

midnight, he was sure. Somewhere between carpet and bed.

She must be a mass of bruises from him pounding into her

on the fl oor.

She sighed—she wasn’t awake although she wasn’t

asleep either—and turned toward him. Her nipple darkened

and tightened. Her body recognized what was to come.

He bent his head and placed a tender kiss on that rosy

peak. Then he turned his attention to her other breast,

drawing it into his mouth and suckling it. His touch held a

bittersweet softness.

The mark of Filey’s vile bite was now only a shadow. It

would fade and disappear. What they felt wouldn’t.

“I love you,” she murmured and stroked his hair.

She’d said those words so often tonight. But he wanted to

hear them again. How many times were enough? Enough to

lend an ember of warmth to the icy loneliness that awaited

him?

He nuzzled the delicate skin under her breast and kissed

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his way across her belly. She sighed and bowed up toward

him. He raised his head to find her watching, her eyes dark

with grief. The imminence of parting hung heavy between

them. He moved over her and kissed her with all the adora-

tion he felt. Her lips were pliant and silky.

She opened to him immediately, her tongue seeking.

During the long night, they’d tested passion’s fury. This

was different. Sweeter, sadder, deeper. For all that their

earlier couplings had been unions of soul as well as body.

Her legs fell open so he rested in the hot apex. He was

hard, even after the night just passed. Very gently, for

he wanted her to remember he cherished her as much as

wanted her, he stroked her cleft.

She was dry. He’d tried her to her limit. It was a gift of

love that she turned so willingly to him now.

He kissed her again, trying to store the taste and feel

against the desolation to come. She could revive a dead

man with her kiss alone. In his case, she had. For one in-

substantial moment, he’d tasted life in her arms.

He sucked and licked at her neck and she rewarded him

with a rush of moisture against his seeking fi ngers. He

nibbled his way downward, planning on using his mouth

to bring her to climax before he took her.

“No,” she whispered, as he lingered at her navel. “I

want you with me.”

She was right. This was farewell.

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