"There you are," she says, smiling, as he crawls up beside her. One arm wraps around him immediately, caressing his back. The other leaves her breast when he caresses her nipple, runs through his hair.

"Your eyes and mind will more than do, Skellig." She luxuriates in the feel of his hands, his lips, on her.

"Shall we kiss for a while, let our hands wander where they will?" she asks. "Or would you rather have my mouth somewhere else first?"