When Ilona awoke sometime later, the fire had grown low. She snuggled in closer to Mason,
enjoying the warmth of his body against hers.
He slept with one arm hooked beneath his head and the other around her. She smiled, enjoying not only the warmth but the safety she felt in his arms as well. If only they could stay like this forever.
Ilona looked up at their dazzling jeweled ceiling and thought about how good it was to be home again, just the two of them. After so much time spent alone together in the peace and quiet, she had forgotten what it was like to be surrounded by the boisterous noise of all her men. It seemed almost deafening compared to the silence of their little cave.
