Hannibal growled and groaned under her as she moved like that over him. He moved his hips to match her and looked up as one hand moved to trail down the front of her body slowly.

"Claiming you and joining with you to become one will make them jealous and show them how foolish their hopes and dreams of being with you were. However, marking you in a place that will be visible for days proves that you trust me and I trust you. Then they will crawl home in despair of never obtaining what they desired or seeing an opportunity to come between us." He had heard guards brag about which men and women from the senate they had slipped between the sheets with.