His eye crinkles smoothed out. “No, I can’t.”
I rolled onto my back again. There was nary a wisp of cloud in the sky, and yet I felt as if I was standing in the middle of the biggest, blackest thunderstorm ever. “Thank you for being honest.”
“I will always be honest with you, Gwen, even when it is something that I know you do not want to hear.”
Despite the words, the sincerity in his voice touched something inside me. I wanted so badly to throw caution to the wind and just give in to the urges my body was feeling. I wanted to forget there was a world outside of Anwyn. I wanted to be rid of the fear for my mothers that had been my constant companion for the last half of my life.
I wanted desperately to be in love with Gregory, and to let him cherish me as instinct told me he would.
Tea
