"I think we're going to have an appetite for breakfast at this rate," he said, his voice a little breathless. She was good at teasing. She had his anticipation ratcheting up again, his body responding to the soft kisses and light touches with renewing arousal.

It was hard to remember why he had been nervous in the Gallows, except perhaps the unexpectedness of it all and the bold proposition. He found it amusing now and was glad it hadn't been some elaborate prank. Even after the first dinner, that had been a small fear at the back of his mind. He couldn't imagine anyone taking a prank this far. Well, perhaps Isabela, but had she made such a proposition he wouldn't have agreed in the first place.

"You know, it...it has been a really long time since..." He cut off, shrugged, and smiled slightly. "A long time."