...At that moment, our fates entwined, Roses. I know not why, but I know it to be true—I am bound to you forevermore. There is nothing to regret.

“I began to turn my body, but he held me and laid me back onto the bed, insisten…”

“The attentions of Wilkie Mackenzie were a conquest, an aspiration, a dream. The…”

“He pushed himself a fraction deeper, still exploring his lazy rhythm. I could f…”

“The beauty of his face, artfully shadowed and lit from the fading firelight, it…”