Читать книгу His Enemy's Daughter - Terri Brisbin - Страница 3
Оглавление“So, you wish to become a nun, then?” he asked, his voice almost a whisper, teasing her ear with his breath.
“No, not a nun,” she stuttered. “But I could live a contemplative life there.” Her claim was a bold one, and one that would be refuted by most any person who knew her.
Suddenly he stood behind her, grasping her shoulders and drawing her back against him. His body was like a stone wall—all hard, with no softness to be felt anywhere. He leaned down and whispered again.
“Would you give up all that you have, Lady Sybilla? Would you be able to obey and live quietly?”
He moved one arm across her, holding her to him, while he used the other to slip into her hair and move it to one side. His breath tickled her neck now, and she tried to ease away. Instead she opened the whole of her neck to him. Exposed, held securely against him, she was vulnerable in a way she’d never felt before. She should be crying out in fear, but her body reacted most strangely—her breasts swelled under the weight of his arm, her skin tingled and yet ached for something more …
“Would you give up everything?”
