The Lavender Keeper
“Her wristwatch, the only adornment she still wore, told her through sleepy eyes that it was a few minutes to four. Not even a bird was awake with her. The silence was comforting, and although the realities of life were now crowding into her thoughts, she managed to hold them at bay – for just a while longer – to enjoy this private aftermath of her birthday celebration.They’d made love for hours, it seemed; Markus claimed that he was determined not to sleep as long as she was in his arms, but of... course he’d lost the fight. She’d made sure he knew that of all his rivals on and off the battlefield, he had been her conqueror. He’d drifted asleep still smiling.The memory of the last few hours would always be sweet. The colonel had been tender, generous and above all funny. They’d laughed together as much as they’d loved together.She had thought when they moved to the bed that it would be a fierce, rushed affair; she had been so eager to feel him on her, in her, that in fact it was Lisette who had been the more hurried.MoreLess
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