The Temptation (The Medieval Knights Series)
“"Why? Because your pride is pricked?" Elsbeth asked.
"Rather say, mauled," Hugh said, running a hasty hand through his hair and swallowing hard.
"I do not seek your mauling, my lord, I only speak the truth. If it is a truth you cannot bear, then share the burden with me. I have no liking for it. Yet it is the truth. I can bear no other burden than this." "Oh, aye, you can bear a burden, Elsbeth—the burden of my weight pressing you down, my prick puncturing your sheath, my body demanding your ma...iden's blood. All this you can and will bear, for I will have you. I will have you," he said, his voice strained and harsh as it tumbled against the rough stone. "And you will have me. I will make you want me. I have it in me to make you want me." "So says every man." "What do you know of 'every man'? You are a virgin, are you not? You are untouched by all but me. I know this to be true." "You know this to be true?" she said on a harsh laugh. "How do you know? Wait, I know. My father told you. He told you all you wanted to hear, all you needed to know to make this match." "Aye, he told me of his daughter, chaste and pious, devout and pure, and he told me true, did he not?MoreLess
"Rather say, mauled," Hugh said, running a hasty hand through his hair and swallowing hard.
"I do not seek your mauling, my lord, I only speak the truth. If it is a truth you cannot bear, then share the burden with me. I have no liking for it. Yet it is the truth. I can bear no other burden than this." "Oh, aye, you can bear a burden, Elsbeth—the burden of my weight pressing you down, my prick puncturing your sheath, my body demanding your ma...iden's blood. All this you can and will bear, for I will have you. I will have you," he said, his voice strained and harsh as it tumbled against the rough stone. "And you will have me. I will make you want me. I have it in me to make you want me." "So says every man." "What do you know of 'every man'? You are a virgin, are you not? You are untouched by all but me. I know this to be true." "You know this to be true?" she said on a harsh laugh. "How do you know? Wait, I know. My father told you. He told you all you wanted to hear, all you needed to know to make this match." "Aye, he told me of his daughter, chaste and pious, devout and pure, and he told me true, did he not?MoreLess
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