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Cobie nodded, looking in her eyes "I irl took her chances on me"

Renna leaned in and kissed him on the mouth Cobie’s eyes widened aher in his strong ar down her shift to expose her breasts "I seen Beni and Lucik at it plenty of ti her bosos

There was a crash fro on here?!" Harl de her off Cobie In his free hand, he held his long hunting knife, sharp as a razor He threw Renna aside and put the point up to Cobie’s throat

"We…ere just…" Cobie stuttered, drawing back as far as he could, but his back was against the wall of the stall, and there was nowhere to go

"I ent no fool, boy," Harl said "I knohat you were ‘just’! You think because I give you succor behind ierian whore? I orta gut you right here"

"Please!" Cobie begged "It ent like that! I really like Renna! I want her hand!"

"’Spect you wantedthe point in and drawing a drop of blood from Cobie’s throat "You think that’s hoorks? Coirl, then ask for her hand?"

Cobie pulled his head back as far as he could, tears and sweatHarl’s ar the knife away Harl whirled to his feet, and the twoat each other

"You wouldn’t say that if it were your daughter," Harl said

"That onna let you kill aCal and Jace watching wide-eyed from the house door while Renna cried in Beni’s arer went out of him, and his shoulders slu in ht, so’s I can keep an eye on you And you," he pointed his knife at Cobie again, ent rigid with fright, "you so ain, and I’ll cut yer stones off and feed ’eed her along as he stor when Harl threw her down on the bed She had pulled her shift back in place, but it seemed woefully inadequate, and she could feel her father’s eyes on her

"This is what you do e have a visitor in the barn?" Harl snapped at her "I bet half the town is laughing behind my back!"

"I never!" Renna said