Page 56 of Moon Craving

blue, green and black fabric from her body.

When he finished, he knelt there, unmoving. Unsmiling. Silent, but his gaze spoke

volumes could she interpret the messages there. Her blouse barely reached her thighs

and her shift only a few inches beyond that, but at least she was not as naked as he. That

was something. So, why did she feel as if he could see right through it?

Suddenly, she remembered that the furs they knelt on were for more than

cushioning her body from the hard ground. They would afford protection from the

incendiary heat of his gaze.

When she scooted to get under the furs, he stopped her with a hand on her naked

calf. "Do the English sleep in their clothes, then?"

She shook her head mutely.

He began to tug at the hem of her blouse.

She grabbed it and held it in place. "You said I could undress under the furs."

He looked like he would argue, but after a few seconds he nodded. "Do it."

She clambered under the fur, forcefully keeping her eyes away from the stiff

member between his legs. Flesh that had indeed grown to truly intimidating proportions.

Within seconds, he had joined her, showing her supposed reprieve to be a false hope.

She could even feel his naked leg touching her own under the soft furs.

She would have moved away, but he put that stone-hard arm that had kept her

safely on his horse for so many hours around her waist and tugged her close to him. "Let's

get rid of this now."

She was so lost in nerves she could barely read his lips as he spoke, much less

make sense of the words.

His big hand grasping the hem of her blouse again explained to her senses what

her brain refused to grasp. He didn't wait for her assent, just started tugging the blouse

upward, and then it was gone, leaving her vulnerable in nothing but a too-thin shift.

Seconds later that was gone as well, leaving her completely naked outside the bath for

the first time in her adult life.

Yet as much as she feared the unknown, she did not fear him. He had said he

would not take her until they were on Sinclair land. She trusted him to keep his word.