Medieval 01 - Untamed
falcon newly brought to the mews.
âAre you still nervous of me?â Dominic asked.
âAye,â she whispered.
âYou need to be accustomed to your new estate,â he said. âShould I keep you in a darkened mews with eyelids carefully seeled, so that nothing is real to you but my voice, my touch, my very breath?â
When Meg would have answered, the back of Dominicâs hand brushed over her lips as lightly as a sigh, scattering her thoughts before she could speak.
âNay,â he said, answering his own question. âNot even the finest seeling thread of silk would I permit to mar the beauty of your eyes.â
The touch of Dominicâs hand on Megâs throat drew a startled sound from her.
âI wonât hurt you,â he said soothingly. âLike my peregrine, you are much too fine and fragile and courageous to damage with careless handling. Close your Glendruid eyes and simply feel, wife. Let me touch you until you no longer fear my hand.â
While Dominic spoke, he continued the caresses that were both reassuring and disturbing, sending glittering thrills coursing through Meg.
Slowly her eyelids closed, leaving her without a Glendruid womanâs clear sight into a manâs soul. For long moments there was only the whisper of flames and the soft rush of breath between lips parted in surprise. Meg had never known anything like Dominicâs caresses, yet she kept feeling that she had. The familiarity haunted her.
âWhy, âtis like sunlight,â Meg whispered at last, remembering when she had felt such undemanding warmth before.
âWhat is?â
âYour touch.â
Dominicâs smile wasnât nearly as gentle as his fingertips, but Megâs eyes werenât open to measure the difference.
ââTis only fair that my caresses be as soft as sunlight,â he said, âfor your skin is as tender as any rose petal Iâve ever known.â
A smile changed Megâs lips. Then her mouth opened slightly on a swift intake of breath whenDominicâs fingertips skimmed from the hollow of her throat to trace the sparkling chain of Glendruid crystals that wrapped around her body just beneath her breasts.
âGently, falcon,â Dominic said in a low voice. âSoon youâre going to trust yourself to my arm.â
âEven your strength couldnât support me if I gave my whole weight to your wrist.â
Dominic laughed and swooped like an eagle, lifting Meg in one arm. Her eyes opened in surprise.
âWill I have to make you go hooded?â Dominic asked. âClose your eyes and see as the newly caught falcon sees.â
As Dominic spoke, he bent and touched Megâs eyelids with the tip of his tongue, closing her eyes.
The unexpected caresses stole Megâs breath. By the time she got it back, Dominic was sitting in the big chair that had once belonged to Johnâs grandfather, and she was half reclining across her husbandâs lap, her legs draped over one arm of the chair. She stirred restively, only to be restrained by her husbandâs hands.
âYou are a falcon, remember?â he asked. âThis is how we will learn about one another.â
Slowly the tension went out of Megâs body. Dominic shifted her hair free of its captivity, sending it cascading over the chairâs arm and down to the floor, where it lay like embers waiting for fire.
A breathless sound came from Meg, nervous laughter or a tremulous sigh or both at once. The hushed intimacy and unexpected caresses kept taking her by surprise. They made her body feel both taut and languorous, flushed with heat. In the space of a few moments Dominic had given her more pleasure than she had ever expected from a man.
Yet Meg found she wanted more. As certainly asshe had sensed the pain beneath Dominicâs ruthless self-control, she now sensed that there was a seething, twisting, hungry fire at her own core. She had never guessed such a thing existed within herself. It was like looking in the mirror and seeing a stranger, unnerving and enthralling at once.
Without realizing it, Meg settled more deeply into Dominicâs grasp. The telltale softening of her body against his sent both cold triumph and hot hunger racing through him. He was heavy, full, hard, stirring with every rapid beat of his heart.
Meg smiled as though even through closed eyes she could see the evidence of his arousal straining against the
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