Prince of Shadows (28 page)

And there would always be reward.

“I think I’m becoming a bath kinda guy,” Cale announced, shedding his bloodstained clothes.

Even exhausted and filthy, Cale Terriot was the most mouthwatering thing she’d ever seen. The hard swell of muscle, the tattooed skin, the unshaved face, the bold half-mast length of him with its promise of pleasures to come, and even the scars. Those scars were damned sexy.

Cale gave a gusty sigh of contentment as he sank down in the hot bath and kept sliding until he was totally submerged. He came up sputtering, shaking water from his hair in very wolfish fashion. Then he relaxed and simply soaked, the back of his head resting on the rim, eyes closed.

While Kendra picked up his discarded garments, she was aware of him watching her through barely slitted eyes.

“You could join me,” came his silky suggestion.

Instantly, she was hot and ready. “I’m afraid that would defeat the purpose of you getting rest. This king is going to be busy sleeping the day and night away in our bed beside me. Because,” she drawled, “tomorrow night your queen doesn’t plan to let him sleep at all.”

Cale expended a heavy breath. “The things I sacrifice for my crown.”

“Will be well worth it.” She knelt beside him, tipping his head back with a hand beneath his rough chin so she could slant her lips over his for a leisurely taste, teasing him lightly with a flicker of her tongue. She lifted up a scant inch or two to challenge, “Spend the time wondering where I want to touch you next.”

“I have a better idea,” he rumbled, his eyes glowing with intense, passionate fire as his fingers combed through the tumble of her hair. They suddenly tightened. He urged, “Show me now,” and pulled her into the water with him.

As the new ruler of his House, Cale Terriot planned to make the seeding of heirs his immediate priority.

He found his queen in complete agreement.

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