Cecilia's POV I didn't realize how disappointed I would feel when Alexander suggested we wait to consumate our relationship until the night of our wedding. How is it possible that after two short days I feel so connected to him that I don't want to hold back? In the bathroom as I was showering my mind was racing with thoughts of him. Wanting to feel his hands on my body and mine on his. Wanting to taste every solid inch of him. And from what I saw and felt of the impressive bulge in his pants, he had a lot of inches! Just thinking about him made me ache in my very core. On top of that, I am convinced the house spirits are conspiring against our resolve to wait. Whispers of 'don't wait', 'love him tonight', 'it will save his life', kept running through my head. "How in the name of tim