Elizabeth Lowell (44 page)

Janna’s fingers stilled until Ty’s head shifted against her palms, asking to be stroked once more, asking to be held by her touch even as the unicorn had been held.

“The unicorn ran off and congratulated himself on his clever escape, and then…” Ty turned slowly, covering Janna’s body with his own. He touched the hot center of her just once, slowly, drawing a long, broken moan from her. “And then,” he whispered, watching her eyes, “the unicorn realized what a fool he had been. There was nothing in the forest as exciting as the maiden’s touch, no beauty to equal her companionship, no pleasure as deep as the ease she had given his soul. So he went running back and begged to be given the maiden’s gift once more.”

When Ty neither spoke nor moved to join their bodies, Janna’s heart hesitated, then beat with redoubled strength.

“What did the maiden say?” she whispered.

“I don’t know. Tell me, Janna. What did the maiden say to the unicorn?”

Tears magnified her eyes. “I love you,” she said huskily. “I’ll always love you.”

She felt the emotion that shuddered through Ty’s strong body as he bent and kissed her tears away.

“Yes,” Ty said, watching Janna’s eyes. “I want you to be my wife, my mate, my woman, the mother of my children, the keeper of my heart, the light of my soul. I love you, Janna.
I love you.
”

Janna reached for Ty even as he came to her. Their bodies merged, softness and strength shared equally, defining and discovering one another in the same elemental moment. Ecstasy blazed as they lost and then found themselves, man and woman forever joined in the reckless, incandescent union known as love.

Individually and with co-author/husband Evan, Ann Maxwell has written over 60 novels and one non-fiction book. There are more than 30 million copies of these books in print, as well as reprints in 30 foreign languages. The novels range from science fiction to historical fiction, from romance to mystery to suspense.

In 1982, Ann began publishing as Elizabeth Lowell. Under that name she has received numerous professional awards in the romance field, including a Lifetime Achievement award from the Romance Writers of America (1994).

In 1998 she began writing suspense with a passionate twist. Since July of 1992, she has had over 30 novels on the New York Times list.

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