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Was it selfish? Was it deluded? Was it a fools gambit? Those questions and more could still have been asked, had been asked a dozen times over already. Swimming through their mouths and even crossing their tongues. The truth that came with them was a pain that neither of them could have denied...

"I would pay it every time." He said the words without even a second of thought, each of the six readied upon his tongue before he ever had any hope of catching them. The cocky smile on his had not yet returned. His tone was still that serious steal. Val wasn't joking. "I didn't get to choose...

His fingers felt hot against her skin. As though she were burning him. But even if she were a raging inferno and he a forest that had not seen rain in months, he still would have beckoned for her. Every word she spoke drew against him like a fighters strike. Pushing and beating down. Doing...

His smile faltered, Val unable to keep the small veneer of confidence he presented. Perhaps for the first time. "I'm not an idiot, Wren." The tone of his voice shifted, more serious, less hazed with the love that he felt for her. Val knew fully well the challenges they faced. They every...

Val shook his head, not for his own sake, but hers. "You really think I only want you for my bed?" The noble clicked his teeth, almost insulted by the notion. "You must think very little of me." Val shifted only slightly against her skin, moving so that he sat up within the bed. His eyes...

"I'm afraid it might be a bit damp." Valren whispered softly as he gently wrapped his arms around Wren's form. Muscles flexing as he dragged her into his gasp and pulled her even closer than she was before. The warmth of his body casting over her, drawing her into all the comfort and safety her...

The comfort of a feather bed was not something anyone in their right mind would deny, but Val wasn't often accused of being in his right mind. He would have given the world to ensure that Wren could sleep a night without stress and anxiety, without fear dogging at her heels. But that was not...

Val said absolutely nothing at the small teases that slipped passed her lips. He did not bite as she asked after the feasts he prepared, or the other luxuries which he might have prepared. Instead the noble kept that smug little smile on his lips. Holding secret after secret, which would only...

Val smiled wide. "No?" Tempting her was a dangerous game, he knew, success might bring more danger than either of them bargained for. Not that he cared for even a minute. When he was with her, it was like a spark struck on dry earth. Wren ignited a wildfire in him, driving flames into...

"I would hope so, otherwise what would be the point in keeping you here?" Val said with a chuckle, though both of them knew the real point. Beneath their feet, within the depths carved into the very rock lay his families dark secret. The manor house had it's dungeon, like most in Oban. During...

"Aye!" Val called in agreement, crashing through the half-open double doors of the manor house. The racket of heavy mahogany striking ancient marble clattering through the now empty hallways. When his father had ceased coming here, he had taken much of the art and ornaments with him. Val's...

His thumb softly traced down her chin and over her skin. Fingers softly drawing her close until finally their kiss parted, and her murmur brought a chuckle from his lips. "An idiot and a fool." Val said in agreement as she looked up at him. "But a lucky one." The Nobling continued to insist...

He couldn't help the quirk of a smile that tugged at his lips even as she reminded him of the very real ax that hung over both their necks. Wren was entirely, and completely correct. One word slipping out, one whisper reaching the wrong ear, and they were both dead. She was considered one of...

Val couldn't help the grin that slipped across his face. "You're telling me." He knew this was a terrible idea as much as Wren did. He knew that they were courting half a dozen different women who screamed danger, but...fuck it if he didn't give a single shit about any of that. The moment that...

Damyr Winter Estate - Oban Countryside Wren Kingsley Oh. This was probably a terrible mistake. Val knew that. Knew that he was toeing the line of danger and stepping right onto the edge of foolish; but the heart wanted what it wanted. It had taken him weeks to engineer things correctly to...