This Chapter is rated M

They had arrived at the hotel and checked in, they were told by the woman at the front desk that Mr Perkins Anthony's valet had arrived with their luggage and that he had informed them that Lady Strallan was between Lady's maids, so Edith was delighted to be informed that the hotel had a Lady's maid service, her maid's name would be Miss King

They walked hand in hand to their suite and then they stopped, Anthony whispered to Edith "Sweet one, I wish i could carry you over the threshold" Edith leaned in and kissed him near his ear and whispered back "I don't care, let's just go in and start our honeymoon, mmm..." and with that he opened the door to their suite

Their suite was called the Balmoral suite and it was beautiful, (Edith was so excited she went and explore the suite, the suite was spacious with a separate living room and bedroom, they both had a dressing room each with their own bathrooms) they were greeted by Perkins and Miss King (Perkins was tall, the same hight as Anthony, he was a bit heaver set, with raven black hair, a crooked nose, a long face and soft green intelligent eyes. Miss King was younger than Edith and petite, she had mousy coloured hair and a nice round smiling face, with big blue eyes) Edith thought that the Lady's maid looked a little bit like a doll, but she looked like someone she knew but couldn't quite put her finger on it

Perkins had diner sent to the suit Anthony had thanked him for always thinking ahead, the valet bowed and ushered himself and the Lady's maid out of the suite. They where both famished as they had not eaten since yesterday morning, so they enjoyed the meal and then they had both decided to wash the train journey off, Edith wanted to pounce on him as soon as they got into the suite but she knew that Anthony wanted to do everything properly, so she decided not to push him, she kissed him and said "I'll see you soon" Edith entered the dressing room, closely followed by Miss King, she sat at the dressing table and watched Miss King in the mirror as she unpinned Edith hair, Edith asked "So, Miss King what is your christen name?" Miss King looked surprise and said with a scottish lilt "I don't think that is proper, M'Lady" Edith said "My sisters and i all shared the same maid and we called her by her christen name, it would make me feel more comfortable" the maid bowed her head and smiled "If you insisted, M'Lady, my christen name is Catriona"

"Thank you, Catriona, that's a pretty name, now i think i would like to have a bath and get ready for bed, it's been a rather long day" with the help of Catriona, Edith had her bath and dressed in her négligée

Now that Anthony was bathed and in his pyjama's he was sitting on the edge of the bed, quite nervous and waiting patiently for his wife to join him, when she finally entered the room, Anthony thought that he was going to have a heart attack, she was wearing the most beautiful négligée, it hugged her every curves and oh! what curves she had, (her négligée was full-length, soft cream silk with thin spaghetti straps and lace around and down the front and sides, there was no back to it and it scooped just above her bottom) Edith joined her husband on the bed "Is this an angel i see before me?" Edith smiled and said "I think the line is, darling, is this a dagger i see before me?" he smile and kissed her and muttered against her lips "I prefer my version" she laughed and kissed him, he ran his tongue along her lips seeking access to her mouth, which she gladly granted, she started unbuttoned Anthony's pyjama shirt and gently removed his weakened arm from it's sleeve, all the time kissing his lips, cheek, neck and then ending with his earlobe between her teeth, he let out a sigh pleasure, she pulled back to look at the damage on his shoulder,

Anthony stared at her bewitching face all the time to get a reaction to the damage of the bullet hole and the crude surgery scars, when Edith's face didn't register anything he tried to pull the garment back over his body, his eye's welled up and said "I knew you wouldn't what to see it, i'm a monster" she stopped him from covering himself, he turned his head so she couldn't see the tears that slipped from his eyes and down his cheeks

Edith put her hand on the back and base of his neck and put the other on his cheek and turned his face to her's, he could feel the cold of her wedding ring on his cheek and she started to kiss the tears away and then smiled at him and said "Sweetheart, i could never see you as a monster, the people who did this to you, their the monsters, you are a wonderful man and so very, very handsome, beautiful actually. Did you know when we were waiting for the train at Gretna there were some woman staring at you?, i felt quit jealous"

Anthony shook his head, he kissed the palm of her hand and said "Sweet one, they where probably wondering why is that heavenly vibrant young thing married to that broken down, one armed old crock" she was taken aback by the why he belittled himself, she just smiled at him and said "No Sweetheart, they weren't looking at you like that, i think what they where wondering, how on earth did that plain frumpy thing, get that tall blonde adonis?" It was Edith's turn to start crying, on noticing this he panicked and pulled her in to his lap and started to plant sweet tender kisses all over her face to ease the pain he had caused, Anthony said "Sweet one, i'm so sorry to have upset you and how on earth could you ever think that you are plain or frumpy? Just look at you, your luminous and stunning, thank you for trying to give me an ego boost and that doe's help, it's just i'm afraid that i'm going to disappoint you with what we're about to do and i'd hate that, i'm not the man, i used to be"

Edith lifted her head off of his shoulder and smiled at him "Anthony, the only why you could ever disappoint me tonight is, if you don't lay me down on this bed, right now and ravishing me till i loose all my senses and i'm not interested in the man you use to be, i'm interested in the man you are now" he gave her the biggest broadest smile and whispered in his most seductive voice she had ever heard from his lip, Oh! those wonderful lips, she could feel his warm breath on her lips"Well, my father did tell me never to argue or disagree with a lady" they both started laughing, kissing again and their tongue's doing battle and he eased her back on to the bed, she pulled him with her until he was covering her with his body, she swept her hands up and down his naked strong back, he thought that was wonderful, she surprised him by lifting up her négligée and wrapped her legs around him, she could feel his growing arousal as she cradled him in-between her thighs, now her throbbing clit begging for any kind of contact

Edith got excited and put her hand into his hair and slide the other hand to his pyjama bottoms, she tried to pull them down but they wouldn't budge and then she realised that she had to untie them, his hand went to the straps and pulled them down and placed kisses on her shoulders, collarbones and then went to her now exposed breasts, he latched on to her taught peak teasing and palmed the other, he kissed, sucked and nibbled, she moaned. It was the most delightful noise he'd ever heard, he hummed against her nipple and she chucked at the sensation, he smiled at the reaction he got, she put her hand in-between them and untied the bottoms of his pyjama's and pushed them down his thighs and then used her foot to push them off completely, she managed to shimmy off her own négligée, Anthony gasped with awe, he thought that there was no words to do her justice

They moved up the bed to get more comfortable, so that Edith's head rested on the soft pillows, all the while kissing, caressing and giggling, his now rock hard member, nestled on her stomach and little droplet of moisture came from the tip, they broke their kiss and she looked down at the appendage, her eyes widened with surprise, between kisses he said

"My... sweet... one..., don't... worry... it's... natural..., you've... made... my... little... chap... quite... excited..." she giggled and returned the kisses "Darling..., it's... not... that..., i... wouldn't... call... your... little... chap... so... little..., your... quite... large... is... all..., will... it... fit...?" they both giggled and he replied "Yes... it... will... fit..., it... will... probably... hurt... the... first... time..., i... wish... i... didn't..."

He looked up and locked eyes with hers and continued "I wish i could take the pain, instead of you" her eyes were mesmerized by his stunning baby blue ones and then she smiled and said "We all have to have some pain, in order to enjoy the best of life, with the bad, must come the good, but how can it be bad when i'm in bed with you"

Anthony rested his forehead against her's and caressed his hand down her side and then reached her moist curls and slide his fingers into her wet folds and started to stroke her, she whimpered at the contact "Oh, please Anthony, yes, oh yes more, i need more, i love you" he then slipped a finger into her and curled it to give her more pleasure, then a second finger and her breath hitched and mewed with pleasure, "Anthony, yes my husband, oh yes, please more, more" there was a funny sensation building inside her, it was fantastic, then before she knew it, her whole body went ridged against his chest and her head fell back, she dug her nails into his muscular back

He removed his fingers, he so wanted to taste her sweet essence, but that can wait he thought, when he looked at her she had the sweetest blush across her cheeks and down her chest, he balanced on his good arm and said with a rather embarrassed look on his face "Em... darling, this is a little embarrassing, i think i'm going to need some help" she kissed him and said "I'll help you with anything, sweetheart, i know what to do" and with that she took him in hand, the feel of him, so hard, strong and powerful, but yet smooth and gentle at the same time, she placed him at her entrance and he entered her and then stilled, "Are you alright my darling?" she smiled and nodded in the positive and her hand went into the back of his hair, there was some pain but it wasn't that painful, she opened her legs wider and moved her hips towards him, to take him in deeper, everything seem to come naturally to them and then he started to trust into her with moans and groans of pleasure, she matched thrust for thrust, she responded in kind with soft mews, and they both started a rhythm as old as time, the sensation from before, started to build with in her again and she tensed around him and clenched her pelvic muscles and with that she could fell him started to shudder and loose control, in turn she was loosing all of her ladylike composure and let slip a profanity, then there was like an explosion inside her as though fireworks where going off behind her now closed eyes, she couldn't keep it in any longer and let go, "Anthony, oh yes, ANTHONY, MY HUSBAND, I LOVE YOU, MORE YES, I LOVE YOU, ANTHONY!"

"Edith, my love, my wife, I LOVE YOU, YES, YES, OH YES, EDITH!" Anthony collapsed on top of Edith, all tangled limbs and sweat, both of them trying to catch their breaths, he tried to move off of her as he was scared incase he was crushing her, but she stopped him "I don't want to crush you, sweet one" she laughed and said "You don't weigh a tonne sweetheart, i just want to lay here with you in my arms and my fingers running through your hair" she kissed him on the lips, cheek and ear she whispered "WOW, darling, that was more than i've dreamt, that was fantastic and wonderful" he pulled out of her and moved to his side of the bed and pulled her with her in front of him, her back against his chest as he kissed her shoulder and neck, she turned her head and he could see the disappointment in her eyes and said "Darling, i was getting a little uncomfortable, no reflection on you, my darling, your rather comfortable but isn't this more comfy, with me snuggling up against you?" she smiled and snugged in closer to him, he tightened his arm around her waist and she threaded her fingers through his and he whispered in her ear "Ever thine, ever mine, ever ours" she turned around and kissed him and then turned back and settled back down, he could hear her yawn and whispered again "Sleep, my beloved wife, I love you" and with that they both drifted off into the most blissful sleep