Gideon’s POV
I kissed Claire with my full heart, then held her close. She giggled, pressed into the safety of my arms.
“We can talk about it now,” she said. “Or you could kiss me again. I liked that.”
“I want to,” I told her truly. “I don’t want to stop kissing you. But after all this, I want to see you to safety first. Then, later… if you would allow me…”
“You want to kiss me all over?” she asked.
“And then some,” I vowed.
She kissed my cheek as we ran, which only added to my temptation. But stronger than my lust for her was my desire to protect her, and that would see me forward now, pushing through everything, to get her back to the palace.
When we arrived, many of George’s guard were inside the front of the palace. There, Victoria and Susanne were both in shackles being dragged
