Taken in Time

by Tin Kuhn

  Sex with Malcolm was nothing like I’ve ever felt before. It was so intense and passionate and hot. I feel, as though, the connection that pulls us together has only amplified. I’m completely happy and in love with him. There was nothing more I needed. I was Malcolm’s and he was mine. I’d be a fool to let him go and return to my time if we ever did find a way. This is that great love I’ve always read about in books. I didn’t want to lose this even if it meant not having anything modern. Every bone in my body felt this was right. I accepted this life, Malcolm, and whatever comes next.

  EPILOGUE

  MALCOLM

  A ra and I arrived back at my castle two weeks after the incident with Laird Gavin. Her wounds healed and she was excited to see where we lived. She was also nervous about traveling back and running into Vikings, but Alec sent some of his men with us. I should have brought my men with me the first time, but I wanted to be alone after what happened with Lady Paisley. We went a different route and didn’t run into any trouble on our way back.

  During our stay at Alec’s castle, Ara became good friends with Lady Grace. They spent as much time as they could together. There wasn’t a moment that I didn’t walk in where they weren’t laughing about something. It pleased me that they had become good friends.

  Alec and Lady Grace put off their honeymoon until we left and even Brodie stayed awhile. He and Ara even joked around with each other. He loved it. He pulled me aside before we departed and told me how lucky I was to have her. I didn’t need him telling me that, I knew. I didn’t get jealous of their banter, either. I did catch him looking at us in a different way. I wonder if he would ever find a lass to settle down with, but this was Brodie we were talking about.

  My life has never felt this much happiness before. Every day with Ara has been pure bliss. Waking up to Ara laying beside me in bed was everything. This morning’s sunlight hit the side of her face just right. It made her look like she was shining under the sun’s rays. She looks like a sleeping angel. Her dark hair was sprawled all around her. I kissed her gently on her forehead making sure not to wake her up. After a night of keeping her up like most nights, I ken she needed rest. Somedays, it would be a struggle for me not to have her. I was always hungry for her. I wanted her all the time and I loved having sex with my wife. It felt different and so extraordinary at the same time. It must be our love and passion for each other.

  I rose from the bed and walked over to the window looking out at the view of the ocean. The sun shined on the waves as it crashed down on the shore. Once Ara arrived here, she told me it felt like home. The beach looked similar to the ones where she used to live. I made it a point to walk along the shore with her every day. She loved it and I loved her.

  The oracle popped up in my mind every so often. Even though I didn’t want Ara returning to her time, it would have been good to get the information about the oracle from Laird Gavin. His guards that we questioned didn’t know anything or died keeping the information about the oracle. She was a complete mystery. Brodie promised me he’d look into her and even Alec when he returned from his honeymoon. I ordered one of my men to do it, as well, but no new information has come to light. I pray she’ll never return for Ara.

  I’m glad Laird Gavin is dead, but I wish I had killed him instead of Ara. I wanted him to die at my hands. I wasn’t surprised when I found him dead when I reached Ara. Her will to survive blew me away. Her strength, her passion, her kindness, and her love made me fall deeply for her. There was no one else that even came close to her. She is my everything, but most importantly, she is mine.

  Ara shifts slightly in our bed and I glance at her. The image of her getting pregnant one day puts a smile on my face. I can’t wait for her to be with child, to start our own family. I sneak back into bed and lightly plant kisses along her face and neck. I hear her giggle as she turns her back to me.

  “It’s too early, Malcolm,” she says.

  “Tis never too early,” I say kissing her shoulders and dropping kisses down her back. I reach between her thighs and feel how moist she is for me. I hear her moan with pleasure as I keep stroking her. I love seeing her body move and squirm when I’m arousing her. I remove my finger from between her legs before she can reach her release and hear her groan. I chuckle and quickly spank her on her arse.

  “Did you just spank me?” Ara asks narrowing her eyes at me.

  “Indeed, I did. Tis punishment for trying to deny me pleasure with my wife.”” I respond spanking her arse again. It is starting to redden.

  “I wasn’t denying you pleasure, just putting it off until later.” She giggles.

  I rub the pain away from her arse and couldn’t help but spank her again. They were light playful spanks, nothing hard at all. I could never intentionally hurt her.

  “Malcolm Fell,” Ara was trying to give me a warning look, but utterly failing. She was biting her lower lip and I knew what was on her mind. Somehow, during one of our nights of passion, I discovered she liked being spanked. It turned her on very much.

  “Aramina Fell,” I reply with a huge grin on my face.

  Ara smiles from cheek to cheek then smashes her lips to mine. She loves it when I say her name with my last name. She can’t hide the joy. Her acceptance of me, of us, is beyond any words I could ever use to explain. Her opening her heart to me and loving me whole is the best damn feeling in the world. My life couldn’t get any happier.

  About the Author

  Tin Kuhn lives in the city in sunny California. She has a passion for reading and writing all things romance. She’s often told to put down that book and join her family in the real world. She loves contemporary, fantasy, paranormal, and adventure fiction books. When she’s not reading or writing, she enjoys streaming movies and television shows, and hanging with her loved ones. Besides books, her obsessions are chocolate and bubble milk teas.

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