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When the gloaain, sifted theh place, and they watched while the sky went violet, then black, and theout

"I’ve seen thousands of these Highland dusks and dawns," he told her "And I never getup at the black velvet sky pierced by glittering stars

And she started thinking about thousands of dusks and dawns, about i forever, and before she could stop herself she blurted, "Why didn’t Morganna take the elixir of life?"

His body stiffened instantly He turned her roughly in his ar moment

Then he kissed her and kissed her until she was breathless and no longer thinking about Morganna and inaw at her

"The two of you are cheating!" Dageus scowled at Chloe and Gabby

"We are not," Chloe protested indignantly

"You are too," Adam said "I saw Gabby tilt her hand so you could see it It’s the only reason you keep beating us"

Gabby arched a playful brow "Sounds toi at afaintly She was irrepressible And she was cheating Had been for the past two hours, but he’d been letting it slide until Dageus had pointed it out He’d found it rather a on, too distracted by the stea him, or the way his petite ould wet her lips and smile to jar his concentration

He hadn’t needed any such looks from Gabby Her ht the past week y, relentless desire for her, but it had in no way diminished it Perversely, the more he bedded her, it seeain

He would have kept her all to hihnassadh, had Gwen and Chloe not coo, inforh and they really should socialize with their hosts, at least during part of their days Surely that wasn’t too much to ask?