Ecstasy's Promise [antikvár]

Do you have any idea what you are doing to me, Victoria? It would take very little to make me lose control. You have me running after you like a lovesick youth who can only suffer over you. Please, you must not deprive me any longer! Edward's words swept Victoria's senses with the same wildness of his kiss. He laid her down in the grass and slid his hands down the beauty's back until they stopped at her waist. Victoria felt Edward's tightening grip summoning a mutual desire in her. "You want this as much as I do," Edward murmured passionately. "You know you do." Indeed, Victoria knew it all too well. . . . The small canoe moved swiftly over the water. It was a cloudy, overcast day that threatened rain. The brown, mud-colored Savannah River had already swelled up its banks from previous rains, but the two occupants of the small craft paid little heed to the weather. One man, the smaller of the two, kept looking back over his shoulder nervously. The other occupant of the canoe, a giant of a man, showed none of the fear displayed by his companion. His face was stoic as his gray eyes stared straight ahead. His huge hands gripped the oars, and with great thrusts moved the small craft swiftly fprward. Around noon, the clouds parted, ahd the sun broke through. .The cry of a blue jay flying overhead broke the silence, causing the smaller man's eyes to search the banks fearfully. They rounded a bend in the river, and pulled alongside a small pier that jutted out into the water. The large man disembarked first, secured the canoe, and helped his friend to shore. They moved quickly up the bank, not stopping until they reached the shelter of a huge willow tree. The large man was the first to speak. "It is much 7