The Sorcerer's Bride

Supper had been quiet and now Zylvia had pulled her husband to their room . It had been fairly easy as all she had to do was lightly tug on his arm and he followed her .

When they entered their bedroom, Kaldrek wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed the side of her neck . Zylvia leaned back in his arms, and looked up at him with a smile on her face .

He pulled back from her neck and rested his head against hers instead, "I love you so much, you know that right, Zylv?"

"Uh-huh . " There was no way that she would not have realized this by now . Kaldrek was trying his hardest to show his love to her, and she appreciated it . "I know . "

She moved her head forward the few inches she needed to in order to catch his lips . Her toes involuntarily curled as she began to explore her husband"s mouth .

Zylvia suddenly found herself on the bed, Kaldrek on top of her . She had not even realized that he had picked her up or that he had moved .

She broke the kiss and gazed up at him, "I need to get dressed for bed…"

"Let me kiss you a bit first," Kaldrek laughed going for her lips again . Zylvia could not stop the giggle that escaped her as he did so .

After a while Zylvia"s husband finally released her . She slipped out of his arms and pulled out a nightgown . As she stripped her gown off, Kaldrek let out a low whistle of appreciation .

With a blush climbing her cheeks, Zylvia glanced back at her husband . Kaldrek was grinning as he slowly looked up and down her body . "Kaldrek… stop teasing me . " As she spoke, she yanked the nightgown over her head .

"Never happening, love . " Kaldrek looked up into her eyes and his smile turned tender, "I can do a lot of things for you, but my teasing is one of the ways I show love . Besides, dear, that was not so much teasing as me just letting you know how much I appreciate your figure . "

"Kaldrek!" Her cheeks had gone incredibly warm . But even though she protested, Zylvia could not stop the thrill of happiness at her husband"s flirting .

Kaldrek laughed, unb.u.t.toning his shirt, "What? A man can admire his wife, can"t he?"

"Yes…" Zylvia sighed, and climbed back onto their bed beside of him, "You can admire me all you want, just the whistling was a bit much . "

"Noted," His mouth twitched . "Now, can I kiss you some more, or do you want to go to bed?"

She wrapped her arms around his neck, and kissed him . Breaking away, she whispered softly to him, "I may be tired, but you may kiss me, husband mine . "

"Good . " His lips captured hers and pried them open so he could kiss her deeper . Zylvia enjoyed the way he kissed her .

She was going dizzy by the time he pulled away, but he hardly paused before kissing her again . She did not know how long it was until he stopped his incessant kisses, "Get some sleep my dear . You look about ready to keel over . "

Zylvia smiled to herself as she relaxed into Kaldrek"s arms . she clutched him close to her, feeling glad that this man was hers . That he loved her back and cared about her more than his own needs or wants . She loved him deeply and hoped that he realized that .

Drowsiness came quickly once she relaxed . It was not long before Zylvia slipped to sleep knowing that her husband would accompany her throughout the night and be there when she woke up . There was something comforting to that knowledge .