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Their legs continued to touch, their feet sweeping the water, paddling and keeping them afloat She wrapped her arms around his neck, while his were around her waist, and they both treaded water while they kissed Through lips wet froled as if they were having a sword fight of their own

She finally broke free of the kiss and looked up at hiod "I can’t wait to see you in the movie, Duncan"

He snorted "I told you, I wasn’t a main player You wouldn’t even notice hting"

"Aye"

"If you’re there and they didn’t cut the scenes, I’ll notice you"

"We all wear the same plaids, lass, and my brothers and I share a similar look Even my cousins do Only the enemy wears a different plaid"

"You all sound alike, too, I iine"

He smiled down at her, then kissed her nose "You would not be able to tell us apart"

"You hed "That’s not what you’re supposed to say, lass I should stand out a my brothers, and you would never ue

She grinned at him "You stand out all the time" She moved her hands down to his buttocks and pressed hi with desire "I doubt I would mistake you for any of them"

That earned her another heated kiss as she wrapped her legs around his thighs He continued to keep them afloat as he deepened the kiss "’Tis a mermaid, I’ve found," he whispered in her ear, "not a wolf"

"Most wolves love the water"

"I’httime swim?"

"You really don’t mind the sharks any used to the idea"

"I just bet you are"

They swa to keep fro eyes Other swimmers saw them in the water and half watched and half pretended not to Everyone had to think Duncan and Shelley were needs He wasn’t about to dispel their fantasies

When they were sailing back to the harbor, he was besieged by questions about being an actor and how he trained others to fight with a sword

He gave Shelley a raised brohen thebecause she was the one who had told the whole world he had been in athat everyone was so curious about hior two about sword fighting

If she hadn’t been in love with the sexy Highlander before seeing that deht then and there He’d shoas done in a humorous, fun way, as if he truly wished to i-learned wisdoht at the end, when she was certain he could have bested all of theallantly answered everyone’s questions--all showed a side of hiardens in Scotland, mostly his, but she also wanted to see hi with their swords now To see the battle between equally skilled swordsmen and the outcome

She had to smile at the way he fielded the questions He truly was an expert on swordsmanship Wouldn’t the onlookers be surprised to learn he’d used his fighting skills to stay alive in the old days?

But she reminded herself that she and Duncan orlds apart and soon would go their separate ways Her love for him could only last a heartbeat, and then… she knew she’d neverlike him Despite the way she felt about him and the way he lusted after her, if he orried about her, he would be ready to send her home, away from him, and that would be the end of that

When they reached the dock, she was feeling a little saddened As sensitive as he was, he instantly noticed

"I talked tooher car door for her

She laughed "No, Duncan I loved hearing all about your sword fights and how dangerous they really are, and everyone else loved hearing you talk, too"

"I don’t usually get so wrapped up in speaking about it," he adrinned at hiht against each other so I can see what it’s like when all of you are equal in skill"

"Bloodthirsty wench," he teased as he leaned down and kissed her, then shut her door

Before he reached his door, two men approached Kenneth stood so The uns, not swords Her heart thundering, Shelley iet out of the car so she could hear what they had to say and serve as Duncan’s backup