“No. I have been charged with keeping you safe. How can I do that if we are not together?” Leofric held the door open and with no real answer to his question, Tony reentered the bathing room with Leofric right behind him. He averted his gaze as the mage removed his cloak and pants while waiting for the tub to fill.
There was a low chuckle and then Leofric said, “I have no intention of trying to seduce you, although it is tempting. You are my brother’s husband with all that it means.”
Tony looked up but not until he’d heard the mage enter the tub. “What it means is I love him and I’ll never betray our marriage vows.”
“If you did, I would kill you.” The fierceness of his words and in his dark gaze told Tony that Leofric meant what he’d said.
“If I did, I would deserve it,” Tony replied a
