You have not known very many men." "I have no wish to know any others. I love this one.
Ciara, there are certain things a man does not ask of a lady." "You are not asking." "Aye.
I would be anyone if only I could be with you.
I've tried to deny it even to myself... My heart and soul are filled with you.
I would have asked you to let down your hair" turning to regard her with a grin, his teeth a slash of white in his blackened face. "But it is not quite long enough anymore.
Now that you made me a knight again", he said lightly, "I'll have to keep my mind on certain knightly virtues like chastity." Ciara could not remember that ever being a knightly virtue.
What have I done?" he asked, his voice raw. "You used to be such a sane, sensible lady." "You took me on a journey into my own heart.
Mayhap it was not wise to question God's plans; mayhap he had been meant to live, to seek this justice, to serve some purpose. The past was the past. And the future...
