'Infrequently,' Laurent answered. 'I had thought that you and I came close, once, but looking back I realize it was little more than rutting with myself on top. It was before the Kingsmeet,' he continued. 'Our...passions were high.'

Laurent was quiet for a moment, waiting out the tumultuous passage of those memories through his heart and mind. 'It was the same night I took you in my mouth. The first night I realized that I could.'