An incessant pinging echoed in the periphery of her consciousness, slowly but doggedly bringing her awake.
Louisa was first conscious of the delicious ache and lethargic feeling that stole through her body. She stretched without being aware of where she lay. There was yet no memory of her being anyway else except her bed. It was only when she almost fell off the settee and felt Casmir's arm unconsciously tighten below her breasts that every delicious detail came hurtling back to the fore of her mind.
