Whispers of a forbidden flame the countess observed him across the part 2
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Whispers of a Forbidden Flame The Countess observed him across the candlelit room his presence a magnetic force pulling at the delicate threads of her resolve He was not hers to long for yet the very thought of him the stolen glances the invisible tether that bound them in silent understanding sent shivers down her spine Love she knew was a thing of duty of whispered vows exchanged in gilded chapels But desire desire was the feverish breath of a secret rendezvous the thrilling defiance of propriety It was in the brush of fingertips beneath the table the unspoken promise of what could be if only she dared He spoke to her with his eyes tracing sonnets of longing across her skin And she oh she was drowning in the delicious torment of it The weight of honor pressed against the fire in her veins a battle between virtue and the exquisite agony of temptation Was it not the greatest cruelty of fate to meet one s truest passion in the wrong lifetime To be bound to duty while the heart clamored for rebellion She would not succumb No she was a woman of steel And yet in the quiet of the night when the world hushed to listen she dreamed of his touch and awoke breathless a sinner in a saint s disguise