Chapter 9
Tovin had a million things to do before he would consider the castle safe from attack—there were fortifications to check, ramparts to secure, a weak guard to whip back into shape…
And you shall think of the regent throughout the day.
Absently, he touched his hand to his face, where he could still feel the ghost of Amery’s mouth against his. Whenever he closed his eyes, he saw Amery stretched out on his bed, his lithe, nude body begging for Tovin’s touch. The evening when they could be alone again would not come soon enough.
He had been tempted to take Amery up on his offer—just spend the day in his lover’s arms and let the others worry about the war that rumbled like a thundering cloud on their northern borders. Berik and Lohden would take care of the Cyrians, he knew it,
