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“It will warm you and make you feel better after the long flight.” He urged me with a hand at my back.
I jumped, somewhat edgy now, then hurried toward the screen. I glanced over my shoulder, making sure he wasn’t following me, but he had turned to put a new log on the fire.
Interesting that since I’d met Vallon, I’d not felt this bubbly sensation of nerves in my belly. I’d been terrified by him, then wary, then enamored, and yes, even engulfed by desire. But now…I was nervous.
I was fairly positive I knew what he hadn’t admitted yet, what I felt stirring hotly in my breast. It simply couldn’t be. Could it?
Once behind the screen, my entire body sighed at the sight. The large steel tub was filled with hot water and scented oils that wafted up with the steam. I also noticed laying over a chair was a beautifully made white chemise with lace along the bodice and silk ribbon ties at the shoulders. The material was thin and lovely but completely transparent.
Thankfully, there was also a jewel-green, silk dressing gown with fine embroidery in a pattern of gold-stitched flowers. It was beautiful, but more importantly, it would cover me.
I stripped quickly and eagerly lowered into the bath, unable to keep from moaning at the pleasure of the heat on my skin.
“Here you are,” said Vallon, stepping around the screen with a plate of food. He’d undressed down to his shirt and trousers, his armor all gone.
“What are you doing!” I crossed my arms to cover my breasts and tucked my knees up higher.
He merely grinned and set the plate of berries, bread, and slices of cheese and cold ham on the little table next to the tub where the bath oils had also been set.
“Vallon! Get out of here,” I hissed.
He completely ignored me and squatted behind me at the head of the tub. “Let’s wash your hair, shall we?”
“I can do it myself.”
“But I’d like to do it.” He leaned over the edge and to the side at my shoulder to catch my gaze. I tucked my arms higher over my breasts, knowing full well he could see the lower half of my body. But his eyes were solely on mine. “Unless you don’t want me to. I’ll go away. If that’s what you truly want.”
Gooseflesh rose on my skin at his nearness, and when I opened my mouth to tell him that, yes, I wanted him to go away, I couldn’t say the words. Because I didn’t want him to go away.
“Fine,” I muttered, turning to look at my pale knees sticking out of the water.
He grunted then settled behind me again. “Scoot up a little so you can dip your head back.”
I huffed out a breath of annoyance but instantly did what he said. I could almost feel his arrogant smile, though I refused to look at him. Closing my eyes, I lowered my head, gripping theside of the tub so I wouldn’t slip all the way under while still trying to cover my breasts with one arm.
Then Vallon’s large hand gripped me by the nape and eased me down. “Relax, Murgha. I’ll take care of you.”
“Easier said than done,” I snipped.
He chuckled, but then he started to comb through my wet hair with his other hand. I whimpered at the intense pleasure. His clawed fingers coasted lightly over my scalp.
“Feel good?” he asked.
“Heavenly,” I admitted.
Tessa and I had helped wash each other’s hair sometimes. It was so relaxing. Vallon’s attentions weren’t relaxing, however. They were arousing. No one had put their hands on me like this since…ever, really.
Dellyn’s attentions had been needy and clumsy. Sadly, I was glad to have even those until I realized he only considered me worthy to be his lover. Never a partner or a wife.
Vallon poured the scented oil into my hair, smelling of some flower I didn’t recognize. I wriggled my nose.
“It’s from the Windolek wildflower.” His voice was a silken caress as he worked the oil into my hair. “After your bath, I’ll show you. The moon is up and the sky clear.”
I couldn’t even murmur a word as he continued to massage the oil into my hair. Then he dipped my head gently back to wash it clean. After many minutes where I drifted in the ecstasy of his hands in my hair, I felt his mouth on my forehead.
“Get dressed,” he whispered, his voice husky, “and I’ll show you.”
When I opened my eyes, he was already gone from behind the screen, and I realized I’d gone limp and had uncovered my breasts while he’d washed my hair. I should’ve been embarrassed, but I wasn’t. For the first time, I wanted to show another male my body, see if he found it pleasing.
