Imperial Splendor Author:Barbara Cartland Some nights Zola had lain awake in the darkness, knowing that her love for the Duke had increased every hour, every minute, feeling she had loved him for years, or perhaps centuries, in other lives. — Now he looked at her with an expression she had never seen before. His arms went round her, "If you love me, if you really love me, that is al... more »l I want to know."
"I... love you!" Zola said. "Desperately... but...." As she lifted her face his lips came down on hers, the fire that had burnt within her rising to her lips until she and the Duke were lost in the wonder of it. How long the kiss lasted she had no idea. She only knew that when the Duke raised his head, words like music came from her. "I love you... I love... you!"« less