Perhaps they should have gotten her undressed before him, for now the thought of him getting out of bed was enough to have her blushing scarlet again. It'd been well over a decade since she last saw a man — boy? — in any state of undress, and they were her brothers. Verity had even kept her eyes from her attacker last fall, choosing instead to keep her eyes screwed shut tight or up towards the ceiling.

She tugged harder at her back, desperately trying to loosen the first knot. "I - uhm - it's just stuck." She explained. "I can't seem to untie it."

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