Zelina Tiverton lifted her face and he looked down at her for a long moment before his lips found hers.

As he kissed her Zelina knew that his was what she had been waiting and longing for ever since they had been together on the Ischora.

Lord Charnock's lips were gentle and tender, and as he felt her mouth quiver beneath his he knew it was the first time she had been kissed, and how innocent and inexperienced she was.