Would it be playful and just as teasing as his caresses of her hand earlier, she stared at his firm lips as if expecting the answers to be transparent for the world to see.
Instead she found that knowing gaze, that twinkle of merriment in his eyes as if he read her mind.
Fiona would be traveling in his company again across dangerous unknown territory but still she felt no fear.
Only a strange excitement that seemed to excite the blood coursing through her veins.
"Would you care to go for a walk with me?" he asked.
The question itself was harmless but his tone was edgy, seductive and Fiona was half tempted to lean in closer towards him.
That would be a foolhardy decision on her part for the moment she let down her guard he would surely seize the moment and take advantage of her weakness.
