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It was only then that Adrienne saw the arrow still quivering in the tree that she had been,directly in front of, soundly berating her new husband Her eyes widened as she gazed up at the Hawk questioningly This was all too weird

"Whom have you offended?" Her husband shook her smartly "Who seeks to kill you?"

"How do you knoasn’t you they were after, that it wasn’t just a bad shot?"

"Nobody wants to kill me, lass"

"From what I hear your last lover tried to do just that," she retorted nastily

He paled ever so slightly beneath the flawless bronze of his skin

The blacks up at hirowled at her husband

She wasn’t prepared when the Hawk’s eyes darkened and he rolled over and pushed her fro me, wife, I think you may need me," Hawk said softly

"I don’t think so," she retorted fiercely

"I’ll be here, should you reconsider"

"I’ll takein my direction until you showed up That makes two attempts that I know of on you, and none on own off Dirt and nettles stuck to the heavy fabric She tugged a few leaves from her hair and dusted off her rump until she became aware of an uncomfortable sensation Slowly she raised her eyes fro her with the intensity of wolves Large, hungry wolves

"What?" she snapped

The blacksain The sound was deep, dark, and mysterious "Methinks the lady doth not see hoeetly cruel beckons such beauty"

"Spare me," she said tiredly

"Fair the dawn of yon lass’s blush, rich and ripe and deeply lush" Her husband was not about to be outdone

Adrienne stalared at them both Where was her Shakespeare when she needed it? "For I have sworn thee fair and thought thee bright/, who art as black as hell, as dark as night," she muttered