"I do not think we will manage to pass the rain, I can't even see at a distance." I replied , looking at him.

Only then did I notice he was not looking at my face but.. His eyes were fixed on my lips. I coughed to get his attention as my face turned red suddenly.

He averted his gaze from me and looked at the distance, "but the knights don't know where we are and it will be difficult to find us in the rain, everyone thought that you will ride towards the town"

"Then how did you know, i am here" i asked intrigued, as he had reached here within few minutes before i reached, as if he knew the exact location of mine.

His eyes came back to me, staring deep in, as if searching for my soul. "Because i saw that you were angry!" he replied as he continued rubbing our hands. The friction was creating everything except heating our body. His touches were like a strong jolt of electricity that was hitting the core.

"How was my anger sufficient in getting my location?" i asked again, but he said nothing.

"I think it is fine now." I said trying to move, but his grip on my body tightened, and I jerked back. the position was becoming more and more intimate as my whole back was leaning on his chest now.

"You are shivering badly, Marianne, besides there is no space to move." he replied as his hands still held me tightly closer to him.

"But this position," my cheeks flushed as i could not continue further, my white dress and his white shirt clung to our bodies and now the clothes were creating friction, not to forget that he still had kept his first 3 buttons opened like always and my strapless satin dress have nothing but lace to cover my back which is negligible because of being wet. I could feel his chest over my back and his hot breath touching my nape.

And I knew he could feel that too, the way he was rubbing my hand had changed. He was moving the hands gently in circular strokes as if he was massaging me, damn sensually.

I felt tingling sensations on my skin. I was shocked. This wasn't normal rubbing at all.

I felt strange. My skin was becoming very sensitive with every gentle touch he made. my face became redder.

"We are married, Marianne, and I have seen you in further provocative clothes," he added and my face turned redder if possible.

"Rather than, worrying about my clothes, we should think about going from here." i said, but my voice came much more meekly then i had thought, and he chuckled.

"Why, are you feeling afraid that something might happen here?" His voice was full of confidence, and I had no doubt the way he was touching me had a chance that we would come further close than needed, so I didn't reply.

"I am just worried about Killian and others, they must be trying to find us" 'I added once he stopped responding. I wanted to look back but was afraid of his face reactions too. I was the only one who was feeling strange here. If that was the case, then I better stay silent hiding my embarrassment, accusing it of rain.

"We will not be able to go back Marianne. Rain has also made the ground slick and created low visibility, so? we have to exercise caution when riding in the rain. Don't forget that they could always throw us and run away no matter how trained they were when they would find something uncanny." he advised and I could only nod.

"If you are still feeling cold then come closer" he added after a pause, and i really wanted to know did we even have space for air to pass.

'How are we supposed to come closer?!'

"That time when you were playing zither, which song were you playing?" he asked with a pause, and i had to put a lot of pressure on my brain to stop concentrating on his touches and listen to his words.

"It was an old song, your highness. A girl loved a man and they mated, the man left her telling he would come back in a week to bring her once he would settle the house for her, so she used to sing this song while waiting for him, but the man never came back. It is said that her soul still tries to search for her lover."

"Do you believe in that?"

"Believe in love?"

"No, believe in souls and reincarnations." he asked and my body tensed as my death from the guillotine and my vow, my rebirth passed through my eyes. All the muscles of my body turned stiff.

"Mari, come closer, your body is getting colder" he mumbled and then without even waiting for my reply he held me and in one swift motion, I was on his lap. Now not only our back, but our whole body was touching.

This was the first time I had shared this much intimacy from a man, that also in these conditions. I could not think anymore and just bit my lip to stop another word from escaping my mouth. my hands gripped the dress tightly as my body leaned on his chest. my reactions were so uninhibited that I had started to feel really uncomfortable down there.

I felt shocked at the way my body was reacting. We? had touched each other before but this was the first time he had ever touched my body like this and the sensation I felt when our skin rubbed each other was sensational. I couldn't believe that I could feel such sensations just by touching our skin and rubbing our hands, was it even possible to feel so much? from that? His hands were gentle, caressing my body, as if teasing me until I could no longer take it.