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"Aye Your people can wear Campbell plaid, and we’ll wear the MacNeill There will be a that she’d ever be irlfriends ere not wolves who had talked about being princesses at their weddings, but she’d never thought she’d partake in such a fantasy

"Aye, the woes you wish"

"No, I’ve… well, never envisioned having a wedding of my own Whatever anyone wants to do is fine with hland fa as no one said she had to wait to share a bed with Duncan until after the wedding

She heard water flowing In one corner of the garden, a man-made waterfall flowed into a shallow pool, maybe four feet deep He hadn’t ly He sht, aye?"

She had hoped he wanted to do so she wasn’t too transparent "Absolutely"

He showed her the right stance as she faced hi her wooden sword, how to attack and parry "Are you sure, lass, you o back to America next fall and teach for the year?"

"Yes, Duncan, but you’ll be with me Then my contract’s up, and we’ll return here"

He sighed, and she realized he didn’t want to leave his own home While she had hi by taking him to the steak house in the Panhandle where the steaks were bigger than the plates She’d drive him to where the eccentric Texasto the sky

He’dwith a on in the Palo Duro Canyon She’d have to take him to the outdoor show Texas so he could see just a fraction of what Texas was all about She was also thinking how much she’d like to take him down to South Padre Island for , he had his ar His face was in her hair, against her cheek, nuzzling and kissing She felt his erection pressed hard against her back, showing her just how much he wanted her Then he tossed the wooden sword aside

"I’ve missed my mermaid of the sea," he said, his voice rusty with lust as he swept her into his arotten "I’ht to have enjoyed the experience Ian insists Says that since we brought the money home, we deserve another stay in paradise, only this time to strictly enjoy it His orders"

"Ah, Duncan, have I told you how much I already love your family?"

He smiled and hurried to strip her of her clothes When he pulled his kilt off, she stared in wonder He was ready for her, all glorious, hard, ready

"You were naked under your kilt," she said Had every hed and lifted her into the falls

Naked, his kilt and her jeans and sweatshirt cast aside on top of the rocks surrounding the htly in his arms under the falls

"Were you naked under your kilt when you were in the movie, too?"

He srinned And kissed his mouth back "I will have to watch the movie exceptionally closely then"

He chuckled "You will never see the sround"

"I will see you, Duncan MacNeill" She sighed "I thought you said you wanted Ian to build you a pool, but you already have one" She ran her hands up his wet chest as the water fro of an indoor pool that we could enjoy year round After a while, this one will be too cold"

The water was cool, not war up

He set her on her feet in the pool of water and kissed her, his fingers tangling in her loose hair, hers gripping his narroaist She loved hiht her here to this special place to eous" She licked his nipple and then the other as he groaned, the falls drowning out the sound "And so very hard"

He smiled and cupped her face, kissed her ue with his He didn’t stop until they were breathless and ready to sink into the pool "Merainst him

Here, there were no waves to knock thes, no saltwater to caress their skin--just fresh, cool water running down their bodies in a steady, welcohs, wrapping her around his body Before she knew it, he was inside her, thrusting, kissing, savoring her like she was savoring him

Never in a millennium did she think she’d be in the heart of the hland wolf In a feeeks, she’d be hland clothes