Worth Fighting For
England 1192
… Zipporah shrugged one shoulder. “I asked you to have me. You didn’t make me.”
He touched her face, lifting her chin to him. He kissed her softly. It took her a moment, but she kissed him back.
“It is any better for you?” she asked.
He nodded. Until tonight, probably, when he wanted her again, but he didn’t tell her that. “You?”
“Yes.” She took up the laces on his tunic, tying them off.
“Zipporah,” he wasn’t sure if he should say it or not, but it was too hard not to, “I love you.”
She leaned into his chest, fingers tightening into his tunic. “I know you do.”
She didn’t say it back, but then he shouldn’t expect her to. At least she could see it in him now.
“Was I not supposed to?” he said.
“I hadn’t expected it, for you to fall in love with me.” She backed away, and for a moment the oddest look crossed her face. She flattened her hand on her stomach, and then shook herself and turned away…
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