Highland Lover by Amanda Scott

Author:Amanda Scott
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Highland
Publisher: 0
Published: 2012-03-27T13:28:01.117000+00:00

Chapter 12

The moonlight was magical, Jake thought. The way it touched Alyson’s face and made her eyes sparkle was magical, too, although she didn’t need magic. She was enticing enough without it. By moonlight, she was a goddess, a Fate drawing him nearer with the wind dancing round them, singing a siren song.

He would not say so, though, not to her. She already thought he was daft, and mayhap he had been, bringing her to the roof in such a way—sakes, bringing her at all. But he’d wanted to show her how the sea looked from there by moonlight. And more than that, he’d wanted her to share his way of doing things. It had seemed important that she share something that he had shared with no one else, ever.

Mace was below them. They were out of his sight as long as he did not turn to look, but Jake knew that Mace would say nowt of aught his captain did, if he did see them. The other lads were asleep. And Jake had been heedful for days.

But now…

He gazed into her eyes and knew that her power over him was too strong. It was also dangerous. He should not allow himself to succumb.

With a groan, he grasped her upper arms and pulled her close. When she did not object, he put two fingers to her chin, tilted her face up, and kissed her. He’d meant only to steal a taste. But when his lips touched hers, he was lost.

Her lips were cushiony soft, and the little moan she gave was more in the nature of a woman savoring a delicious sweet than one objecting in the least to his kiss. Not that he was personally acquainted with such objections, but he did believe he would recognize their sounds if ever he heard any.

“Oh, lassie,” he murmured against those yielding lips. “You taste the way the nectar of the gods ought to taste.”

“Do I?”

“You do.” Deciding that a mere taste would not suffice, he captured her lips again. He wanted to savor her, but he could not give himself free rein.

There were rules about such things. And if he forgot them with Alyson, her cousin Ivor would remind him of them… painfully. Not that he feared Ivor, for he did not. But he did value Ivor’s friendship, and his own honor.

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