Ewan recognized Catarina’s voice.
Nora went to answer it while he closed his eyes and inhaled the pillows underneath his head. Pillows that smelled of flowers and woman.
Nora’s scent.
It burned through his body, making him instantly hard for his wife.
He wife...
Even now he couldn’t believe it. How had he been so lucky as to have her stumble into his life?
She rejoined him on the bed.
“What did Cat want?”
She bit her lip, then held up the dress she’d worn the night at the inn. “She thought you might want me to dance for you tonight.”
Ewan forced himself up on his elbows as he raked a hot, needful stare over her body. “Aye, my love. I want you to dance for me tonight. But I’d rather you do it naked.”
Nora squeaked at his suggestion. “Why, Ewan MacAllister, you are an evil one, aren’t you?”
“To the bottom of my rotten and depraved soul, Nora. Now come here, wife, and let me make sure we consummate our union.”
She lifted the hem of her gown and stepped up into the bed. Leaning over him, she straddled his groin.
“Hmmm,” she said as she rubbed herself against his erection. “What have we here?”
Ewan cupped her face in his hands and pulled her to his lips for a scorching kiss.
He pulled back. “What we have here, my lady, is a bear who wants to be tamed. Know you someone with a stout enough heart to lead him home and suffer his dismal ways?”
She kissed him lightly on the lips. “Aye, my lord, I do. But having been brought home, is it possible for the bear to stay happily away from his cave?”
“Aye, it is. I want only you in my life, Nora.”
“Only me? What then should I do with our baby when it comes?”
Ewan couldn’t breathe as her words permeated his head. “What do you mean?”
“Well, ‘tis early yet, but I missed my flow. I think my bear may have a cub coming to follow in his father’s footsteps.”
Joy made him delirious. “When will you know for sure?”
“A few weeks.”
He pulled her on top of him, then groaned as her body contacted with his wound.
But he didn’t care.
His wife, nay, his heart, carried his child. This was the sweetest moment of his life. “I love you, Nora. With every fiber of my soul. I love you.”
She smiled at that. “And I love you too.”
Fourteen
It was long after dark when Lochlan, Braden and Sin sat with Nora’s father alone in the great hall of Alexander’s keep.
“I can’t believe we got Ewan married off before Lochlan,” Braden said. “We needs be careful, Sin. I think the Second Coming might be upon us.”
