From MOONLIGHT MADNESS:

     Rance broke the kiss first. She heard his

breathing, even but deep in the blackened room. Her

eyes strained to adjust. There was just enough

moonlight coming through his window for her to make

out his silhouette and gradually more. Rance’s white

shirtsleeves appeared as he removed his cloak. Then

she caught the whites of his eyes and finally the

shimmer of moonbeams on his skin as he faced her.

     “Harpy,” he murmured. His hand clamped her

shoulder and glided down her arm to catch her hand.

“You need not be here. Nor I. I should not linger with

thee. Tell me to leave. I should go. Now.”

     She heard the indecision in his voice. The selfloathing.

The denial.

     Her anger vanished with each beat of his pulse

against the palm of her hand.

     “Please don’t go.” Not without her, she’d meant to

add, but she let the end of her request die unspoken. If

she could offer him a reason to take her to London, she

would gladly do so.

Moonlight Madness
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