All the Light of the Sun: The Five Clans Series Book #1 by Karoline Rayne

Author:Karoline Rayne [Rayne , Karoline]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2023-01-24T13:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

Ilaria felt her mouth fall open as she gaped at him. Her heart pounded in her ears, and she wasn’t sure she had even heard him properly.

Marry me.

Two little words she never expected to hear, uttered from his lips.

For a moment she thought he might be joking. However, the tick in his jaw and the earnestness in his eyes told her otherwise. He might not have wanted to say it, but he meant it.

“Sebastian,” she started again, licking her lower lip as she tried to find the right words. “We can’t.”

“Yes, we can,” he countered.

“No, we can’t. Have you completely lost your mind?” Ilaria stared at him, taking a few careful steps back. She found that her thinking became too muddled when he was close.

The thought of remarrying never crossed her mind. She never thought she’d ever find someone else after Dimitri. Then again, Dimitri was found for her. Could she trust her own judgment in finding a suitable partner? And was getting married again really what she wanted?

Sebastian cocked his head to one side, crossing his arms over his broad chest. “Give me one reason why we can’t?”

“My brother would not allow it.” The argument was weak, but Maxim would not approve of Sebastian. Deep down Ilaria knew it to be true.

“Once you defect, Maxim Devarik will no longer have any control over you. You’d be free to make your own choice.”

“And you think that choice should be you?” The question came out harsher than she intended. However, knowing if he was completely committed to this notion was going to be important.

Before she could even blink, he was across the space. He wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her flat against his chest. Gripping her chin, he forced their eyes to meet again.

Leaning down, Sebastian whispered in her ear. His deep, gravely words sent fiery shockwaves through her body. “Are you fucking someone other than me?”

“Don’t be absurd.”

Ilaria shivered, feeling his hand trailing up her thigh, taking her dress with it.

“Do I have to remind you how good it could be? What it would be like to be mine, always?”

“And you do know that this is a forever commitment, until the day one of us dies?” Ilaria hated the waver in her voice, but she had to know that he understood what he was getting himself into. “That I have certain expectations for a husband, as I’m sure you do for a wife?”

His fingers skimmed around to her inner thigh. Ilaria widened her stance just enough, and a knowing smile spread across his face. “Would you like to discuss marriage terms? A formal marriage contract was always going to be necessary; my council would require it. But we can draw one up between ourselves if you wish, or amend our current terms to include more long-term expectations.”

“Yes!” The last consonant was drawn out into a soft hiss as a single finger trailed through the growing wetness between her thighs.

How was it that he could make her

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