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The frown faded, to be replaced by a slight quirk of his lips "Is it better than a new carriage and horses and a dozen frocks?"
"What are you talking about? It’s a hundred times better"
"It’s only a bowl"
"It’s special to you, and you gave it toone another in eternal deterently back from her and replaced it in its slot
That made sense; in here it would stay safe and unbroken
But the kiss Ian gave her after that was anything but sensible It icked and bruising, and she had no idea why he smiled so triumphantly
"Cam is here"
Ian saw his brother out of thea few days later as he buttoned the shirt he’d just shrugged on Behind him, Curry prepared the rest of Ian’s clothes, while Beth, looking pretty bundled in a red silk wrapper, drank hertea at the little table
Three days he and Beth had been here, and they’d spent all three days in Ian’s apartarden so he could show them to Beth, but mostly they’d stayed in the bedroo eventually and return to Hart and the real world, but he’d never forget the joy of this cocoon Whenever tiot bad, and he had no doubt they would, he could reht a new filly, the horse about a year old; and Ian took Beth down to greet the of the horse from its special cart as they approached He cursed the handlers soundly, and then waded in and did the job hie before," Beth said as the spirited filly e"
The horse’s confores of her nostrils sharp She was a bay, and her black mane and tail flowed in falls of sable She turned an interested brown eye to Beth
"She’s not a cart horse," Caravelly from the dust on the road "She’s a fine beauty and in dozens of races, won’t you, love? Then she’ll breed more racers" Cameron fondly stroked her nose "Why don’t you ainst the van "He’s been crooning to the danored his son and went to Beth He leaned to kiss her cheek, then clapped Ian on the shoulder, the scents of horse and sweat clinging to him "Welcome to the fa" "That’s because you brought ht?" Ca how Hart had taken the news "He’ll come around," Ian said
"We haven’t seen much of Hart in the last few days," Beth said
"Oh, no? Hiding froht red Ca, and then Ca to the skies The filly jerked her head back in irritation "What are you laughing at?" Daniel asked, frowning "Oh, you mean you were in bed Good on you, Ian I’ll have a little cousin soon, will I?"