Half Moon Chambers (32 page)

I returned to my dance with my lover. I tried,
anyway
. But I was suddenly exhausted, and I
settled
for leaning into his embrace. He propped
me
, rubbing his cheek against mine. "Are you
okay
?"

"Yes. But you're right
--
not everything can be
cured
." I'd loved Jack, and it killed me to let him
go
like this, filled with a pain I'd never thought to
cause
and now could never ease. But I didn't want
the
taste of him on my lips any more.
Only
Rowan's
--
only Rowan now. I lifted my mouth to
find
him, and he kissed me with the tentative
ferocity
that belonged to him alone.

He moaned, drawing my hips forward,
pushing
against me. We noticed my response at the
same
time. Surprise and hot amusement flickered
between
us, summer sheet-lightning, promise of
wild
weather to come. Rowan broke into his soft,
wicked
chuckle, raising the hair on my nape. "No,
no
cure for everything. But some things turn out
fine
. Come on, handsome
--
back into bed."

"I'm okay."

"I know you are. But I can hear your sister
and
the kids on their way, and that little gown of
yours
doesn't
quite
cover your assets. Oh, God
,
Vince
--
that beautiful backside..."

About the
Author
Harper Fox is the author of eight critically
acclaimed
M/M novels, including Samhain'
s
Driftwood
and
The Salisbury Key
, and the
bestselling
Nine Lights Over Edinburgh
and
Last
Line
. Her novels and novellas are powerfully
sensual
, with a dynamic of strongly developed
characters
finding love and a forever future
--
after
the
appropriate degree of turmoil. She loves to try
and
show the romance implicit in everyday life,
but
she writes a sharp action scene too.

To find out more about Harper and see updates on
her
current writing projects, please
visit
www.harperfox.net.