Glenn's face became ashen white as his eyes widened with shock. "Yes, Your Highness!" he squeaked again and looked at Lara who had flushed till her neck.

Marcus extended his arm to Lara. "Come here," he said, his voice full of possessiveness and an underlying threat to the soldier. Lara bit her lip and then took his hand. He immediately pulled her to him. Her fingers tingle the moment she touched him as if she could feel the powers that were crawling beneath his skin. She thought she imagined leather spilling out of his eyes, coating it with a line of hazy blue.

He picked her up as if she...