"I would take care to not harm the gown," he 'protests' playfully, as he finishes tracing the lines of one henna design and shifts to her other thigh, to pay equal attention to the other.

(He knows it is driving her mildly crazy to have his mouth right there and yet so very far away from what she wants from him.)

He drops his voice to a whisper.

"But I would most certainly pounce you again, of that I have no doubt."