" I have to leave,” she gasped. “I have to go back. If they see us—”

“They will not see us. And you cannot leave yet, the wager is only half paid.”

“But you said—”

“A kiss. A long sweet kiss. And that”—his dark head bent to her again—“was not long enough, my lady. Not nearly long enough. "

― Marsha Canham , The Last Arrow (Robin Hood, #3)