Her Unforgettable Royal Lover by Merline Lovelace

Author:Merline Lovelace
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-11-03T16:00:00+00:00

Nine

She took the narrow wooden stairs to the second floor and found the front bedroom easily enough. It contained a good-size bath and an alcove tucked under the slanting eaves that housed a small desk and overstuffed easy chair. The beautifully carved wooden headboard and washstand with its porcelain pitcher and bowl provided antique touches, while the flat-screen TV and small placard announcing the inn offered free Wi-Fi were welcome modern conveniences.

As Lisel had promised, the lace-draped windows offered an unimpeded view of the ruins set high atop the rocky promontory. The early evening shadows lent them a dark and brooding aspect. Then the clouds shifted, parted, and the last of the sun’s rays cut like a laser. For a few magical moments what remained of Karlenburgh Castle was bathed in bright gold.

She’d seen these ruins before! Natalie knew it! Not all shimmery and ethereal and golden like this but…

A rap on the door interrupted her tumultuous thoughts. Dom stood in the hall with the weekender he’d brought in from the car.

“I thought you might need your case.”

“Thanks.” She grabbed his arm and hauled him toward the window. “You’ve got to see this.”

He glanced through the windows at the sight she pointed to but almost immediately his gaze switched back to Natalie. Her eyes were huge, her face alive with excitement. She could hardly contain it as she turned to him.

“Those ruins… That setting… I went up there, Dom.”

Her forehead scrunched with such an intense effort to dredge up stubborn memories that it hurt him to watch. Aching for her, he raised his hand and traced his thumb down the deep crease in her brow. He followed the slope of her nose, the line of her tightly folded lips.

“Ah, Natushka.” The husky murmur distracted her, as he’d intended. “You’re doing it again.”

“Doing wh…? Oh.”

He couldn’t help himself. He had to coax those lips back to lush, ripe fullness. Then, of course, he had to take his fill of them. To his delight, she tilted her head to give him better access.

He wasn’t sure when he knew a mere taste wouldn’t be enough. Maybe when she gave a little sigh and leaned into him. Or when her hands slid up and over his shoulders. Or when the ache he’d felt when he’d watched her struggling to remember dropped south. Hard and heavy and suddenly hurting, he tried to disentangle.

“No!”

The command was breathy and urgent. She tightened her arms around his neck, dragging him in for another kiss. This time she gave, and Dom took what she offered. The eager mouth, the quick dance of her tongue against his, the kick to his pulse when her breasts flattened against his chest.

He dropped his hands, cupped her bottom and pulled her closer. A serious mistake, he realized the instant her hip gouged into his groin. Biting down a groan, he eased back an inch or two.

“I want you, Natalie. You can see it. Feel it. But…”

“I want you, too.”

“But,” he continued gruffly, “I’m not going to take advantage of your confusion and uncertainty.

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