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"Will you do this for Liera and its future?" the prince's voice broke into her thoughts.
"Will you do it for us?" Carn's voice was low, gentle. "We'll have a good life. More than we ever could have had before."
Sache's love for Carn made her decision. For him, she would do it and not even ask what her options were. He was right. What sort of life would they have had otherwise? Stolen moments, hours. Ultimately her father would have forced her to marry and what would have happened then to her relationship with Carn after that?
Now her father was happy and would be well cared for. Sache would be with the man she loved as much as she wanted.
All she had to do was agree to share herself with the prince. And he was gorgeous. Tough decision.
Her gaze briefly met Prince Alavar's before she looked to Carn and nodded.
Carn swept her up in his arms in the next instant and carried her swiftly towards the enormous bed in the suite of rooms she'd been told were now hers. With great care he lowered her onto the cool, soft surface, the intensity of his gaze incredible. She could tell from the determined set of his features that he wasn't going to give her an opportunity to change her mind.
The bed dipped under his weight as he stretched out beside her and claimed her mouth with a kiss of longing and heated desire. It seemed as if he'd been gone an age and the taste of him was enough to send her senses soaring.
Sache didn't know where the prince was and at that moment she didn't care. Her arms wound around Carn's neck and her hands sank into the silky locks of his hair. He made it so easy for her to forget the incredible circumstances that brought her to this moment. His hands were everywhere on her body, stripping away the delicate garment that was supposed to pass for a gown.
"All I've been able to think about is you." Carn's voice was rough as his lips seared the sensitive flesh beneath her ear. "Every night while I was away I would've given anything to have you, to be inside you."
