Lords of Honor (21 page)

Micah kissed h
er quite passionately
.
“
I
will
put
my
” he whispered a word in her ear again,
“
inside you Libby
.
Surely you know that much.
”

She nodded and
said,
“
I was aware of that part
.
I don’t think it
will
work for us
.
I think you may not
fit, it feels quite large, Micah
.”

He
grinned
.
“
We
will fit
together perfectly
, Libby
.
You
r body
will stretch to accommodate me
.
I promise
you,
it will work
.”
He kissed her
yet again, this time
his mouth
was more demanding
.
His hand moved to her bottom
.
“I promise you shall enjoy
our lovemaking
.”
He whispered to her as he drew his head up and looked into her
sapphire
eyes.

Her mouth formed
into an
O.

Micah laughed
.
His self control
shattered
.
H
is long fingers moved to un
fasten
one of the
buttons
of her, or rather
his
shirt that she was currently wearing
.
Her cleavage was then enticingly displayed
to his feasting eyes
.
He kissed her again
,
lingeringly
.
As she responded and matched the movements of his tongue his passion grew
.
His self control was frayed
, a
lmost nonexistent.
He wanted to see her breasts
.
He wanted to t
ouch them.
Taste them.

His fingers moved to unfasten the shirt further, but he managed to stop himself
.
He would not have it said he took advantage of Libby
.
He would not dishonor her so
.
“We best get you to bed, sweetheart.
” His voice was deep
and thick
. “
I still need to bath
e
.” His lips sought the tender curve of her neck
.

“I will try, but I am not sleepy,” Libby
protested
sweetly
.

Micah rose, lifting her in his arms
.
“Try, Libby
.
If you’re still awake when I come back we’ll talk, sweetheart
.”
He placed a sweet kiss to her lips as he slid her into their bed
.

Micah brought the covers over her
.
“Try to sleep sweetheart
.
I’m going to take my bath now
.
I’ll
have t
he
maids
clear the tub
away
when I am finished
.”
He rose
t
o
his full height
above her.

“The water will be cold
now
, Micah!
”

“C
old is good when I’m as hard as I am now Libby
.
”
He said honestly.

“How so?”

Her
p
uzzled
expression
almost made him laugh
.
She was indeed an innocent
.
“It will make it
…not be hard anymore
.”
He could
n
o
t help himself
, h
e laughed when he saw her
bewilderment increase
.
He bent
and kissed her quite passionately
.
“
Sleep, sw
eetheart
.
And forget about my
“ he whispered the word
in her ear while he grinned, “
until our wedding night
.”
He hugged her
to him
.
Smil
ing he
placed
a
quick
k
iss
to
her
temple
and stood
.

Libby sighed
.
She r
olled her eyes at him
.
“I don’t think I can
forget about it
, Micah.”

He shook his head
.
He
left the room
with a broad grin on his face
.

He
removed
all
his cloth
ing
except
his
trousers
. He slid
under the covers
.
Libby
lay on her side with her back
toward
him
.
He pulled her
into his arms
gently
.

She sighed softly
.
He buried his face in her hair and closed his eyes
.
P
art of him
wished for her
to be awake when he
returned
, the other wished her to be s
leeping. As it was, Libby slept; s
o
did
he
.

Micah woke to the familiar feeling of Libby snuggling her derri
è
re against the front of his trousers
.
He was spooned up against her, his arms holding her close
.
He
r hair was fanned on the pillow
all about him
.
T
his morning
she
smelled
of
roses
.
It felt like heaven
holding her close
.
Also like hell
, f
or he couldn’t do to her what he
truly
wanted
.
But, he savored the feeling of her
lying
warm and pliant in his arms while she slept
.
He longed for the day he could wake like this with her and make love to her
.
Please let it be soon!

It was early, so he stayed abed, just holding her
close
.
It was bliss
.

After a time, Libby stirred
.

“You awake, sweetheart?” Micah drawled sleepily
as he rose
up
on his elbow and
gazed lingeringly
at her
.
He kissed her cheek
and
noticed most of her lovely breast was exposed
by
the deep V of her shirt
he
unfasten
ed
the night before.
He ached to cover it with his hand
.

“Yes
.”
She rolled over to face him
then
.
Her hands moved to his face
.
She
lifted up
to offer him a kiss
.
It
was a gentle, sweet kiss
.
She moved her lips over his
.
She p
ulled on his bottom lip
with her moist
, rosy
lips and
pulled back to regard
him
.

He kissed her back
.
This marked
the first time Libby initiated anything between them
.
Micah allowed her to set the pace
.
The moment was precious to him
.
When she began to lick at his lips, he opened to allow her entrance
.
He
savored her kiss and w
ound his hands in her hair
.
He rolled onto his back, bringing her half over his torso
.
Her hands roamed over his
bare
chest and shoulders
.
His hands moved
slowly d
own her beautiful slender back to
cup
her sweet bottom that was the cause of his early arousal this morning
, and the two mornings previous
.
He pulled the long tails of her shirt down to make certain he wouldn’t touch her bare bottom, though
in reality h
e
wished her to be completely
naked at this moment
.

Micah hugged her to him
tightly
.
He k
issed her forehead
loudly
while s
mooth
ing
back an errant strand of sable silk that covered one eye
.
“We need to get you dressed, sweetheart
.
Elveston will be knocking soon
.
And some of our reinforcements or
possibly
even Owen may arrive today.”

Libby nodded reluctantly
.
She s
ighed
.
“Shall we have to wait for the banns to be cried before we can be married, Micah?”

“We have to talk to Owen, Libby
.
He will have a say in all of this, I’m certain
.
If we have to wait, it will be three weeks
.
I’m hoping to get a special license
.
I would prefer we marry as soon as possible
.
”

“I
hope
we can marry soon
too
.”
She smiled down at Micah before placing an
other kiss to his lips
.

This kiss was slow and sweet
.
Micah smile
d up at her when her lips left his
.
“We need to get you dressed Libby, or I’ll have to order a cold bath!”

Libby
laughed
.

Micah gently smacked her derri
è
re
.

They dressed
.
Breakfast was being brought in when Elveston entered
.
“Owen is here
.
I saw him ride in with Charlie and Sinclair when I looked out the window
just now
.
They must have ridden all night
, and they
had to be
closer than Roseland Abbey when they received the message
.
”

“Mr. Banfield;
Lords Fitzlewis, Silverley and Sinclair may come up,” Micah instructed him
.
“And we’ll need more breakfast
for them
as well.”

“I’ll go down at once, sir
.”
The i
nnkeep
er
nodded and left them
.

Libby suddenly felt nervous
.

Sitting next to her, Micah reached under the table and took her hand
, squeezing it reassuringly
.
He smiled at her
.
“Everything will be fine, sweetheart.”

She nodded
and s
miled back at him
.
Before she was kidnapped she never wanted to leave Roseland Abbey or Owen
.
Now, she never wanted to leave Micah
.

She took a few bites of
her
breakfast before she heard Owen’s voice out in the hall
way
.
She s
miled
brightly
when she saw
her brother’s
large frame fill the doorway
.
She s
aw the relief wash over his face
and felt tears threaten as she realized
just
how worried he must have been
.