“I slept peacefully,” Alecia replied, “and I thought that the waves were enveloping me like your arms and I was safe and so were you.”
“Tonight it will not be the waves that hold you in their arms,” Lord Kiniston replied.
Alecia’s eyes widened.
“You mean – ?”
“I have sent instructions ahead,” he replied, “and we will be married as soon as we arrive at my home.”
He knew that Alecia was surprised and he explained,
“It is unconventional, my precious one, for you to be travelling without a chaperone, but I hope since we left with such speed and no one except the Duke was aware that we were going, we shall not be gossiped about.”
He kissed her hand before he continued,
“But in my home you must have a chaperone and who better than your husband?”
“Oh – Drogo – I cannot believe this is –
