With every moment that passes that he doesn't take his eyes from her, Margaret can feel her cheeks grow redder and redder in response. But it must mean that he's pleased with her, or so she hopes. There are things that she doesn't like about her body - that no matter how hard she trains, she's still ... soft, scars from battles past - but he doesn't seem to notice, and it puts her at ease, even though she's completely naked and vulnerable before him.

Although it takes a moment for her to make her hands move, she does, working at pulling the shirt free so she can remove it. Her fingers brush against the skin of his stomach, and she knows now more than ever just how much she wants more.