“Of course I do. Have you not realised by this time that because we belong to each other, our feelings are the same as are our brains?”
As he looked back and realised they were alone he put his arms round Attila.
“You are mine, my darling,” he asserted fiercely. “Mine completely. Whatever troubles may lie ahead of us we are together and we will never lose each other.”
Then he was kissing her, kissing her as he had last night.
His lips met hers first gently then as her body seemed to melt into his, possessively and passionately.
For what seemed an age it was impossible to move.
When at last Gesa raised his head, Attila said,
“Let me go now and see Papa. I will not be long.”
“Would it not be easier if I came with you?”
Attila shook her head.
“As I have told you, Papa has been ill a
