Tingles spread all over me at the contact of his lips on my neck. The way he held me close with no space between us weakened my knees. We danced in rhythm with the slow old country love song. The sea of couples dancing around us was lost to me when I pulled back to look into his grey orbs. The look he gave me had my heart accelerating.

“I will make you my queen, treat you like a queen, and love you incessantly,” he whispered into my ear, his warm breath sending shivers on every inch of my body.

I parted my mouth to reply but found no words....