They finished their meal and Thea had managed to eat more of the delicious food than she had expected to at first.
Then when Thea thought that they would return to the sitting room to sit in front of the fire, Nikōs drew her tenderly up the stairs.
As he did so, she felt her heart begin to beat excitedly and she could feel his need of her vibrating from him.
They reached the top of the staircase.
He turned to the room on the other side of the corridor to hers, which she had not seen before.
He opened the door and for a moment she felt that she must be dreaming.
It was so different, so entirely different from anything that she had expected from any bedroom that she had ever seen.
As she looked round, she realised that the walls were all hung with material.
On it Nikōs had painted th
