Next to him, she practically glowed, darkly gleaming ringlets cascading over her shoulders, drawing his gaze down to the neckline of her silver-trimmed purple gown, plunging just past the curve of her breasts. He shouldn’t look, but— Human fashion had certainly changed in two thousand years. Drastically, gloriously changed. Just like the sheer red thing she’d worn on their wedding night. A sheer red thing that now lingered in his thoughts. With a sharp breath, he looked away. The softest of giggles came from her, quickly stifled. “Something the matter?” Quite the opposite. “Just an uncommon
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