Chapter 197

• It was a tangible act of possession that had Elizabeth arching beneath him, winding her legs about his hips until the open invitation she was offering brooked no denial on his part.
• With a groan of pleasure, he filled her with his strength and his fire, creating an answering need inside her. It was always like this when they were together, she thought eagerly—an unleashed passion that neither of them could resist.
• Afterwards when Almeric was lying sleepily beside her, one arm lying with proprietary ownership across her midriff, successfully imprisoning her to his side, Elizabeth murmured softly, ‘Tell me what the doctors said about you not being able to father any more children.’