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"I know not why you persist in addressing eance," he said, his voice like a blade against rough stone

Jane’s eance?" she echoed blankly, round-eyed Then, "This is a dream, isn’t it, Aedan?" It was quite different fro was soft-focus and fuzzed around the edges, but now things were crystal clear

A little too clear, she thought, frowning as she glanced around

The interior of the castle was an absolute s, and cobwebs swayed frolass in the s, no draperies, no sus A lone rickety chair perched before a dilapidated table that tilted lopsidedly before an elooht chilly

He pondered her question a mo as he had always known it Shadows and ice and his king And pain so He’d learned to avoid it at all cost "But I am not who you think"

Jane inhaled sharply, hurt and bewildered Why was he denying who he was? It was hi him Sleek dark fall of hair--same as in her dreams Chiseled face and sculpted jaw--same Brilliant eyes, the color of tropical surf--not the salitter in their depths His sensual lips were brushed with a hint of blueness, as if fro about hiht have been carved from ice and painted flesh tones

"Yes, you are," she said firht flashed deep within his aquaone "Cease with that ridiculous na hollowly in the stone hall He thrust his shirt at her

Eagerly, she reached for it, intensely unsettled, needing clothing, soaze As her hand brushed his, he snatched his back, and the shirt dropped to the floor

Doubly hurt, she stared at hi moment, then stooped and placed the kitten on the floor, where it pro in her haste, she swiftly slipped the shirt over her head and tugged it down as far as it would go The soft fabric ca dropped to her belly button She laced it quickly, but it did little to cover her breasts

His gaze see a quick deep breath, she skirted the amorous kitten and stepped toward him

Instantly, he raised a hand "Stay Doona approach me You must leave"

"Aedan, don’t you know me at all?" she asked plaintively

"Verily, I’ve ne’er seen you before, hue "Huo where? I don’t kno to leave I don’t kno I got here Hell’s bells, I’m not certain I really am here or even where here is!"

"If you won’t leave, I will" He rose and left the hall, slipping into the shadows of the adjoining wing

Jane stared blankly at the space where he’d been

Jane studied the lake a long er-striped kitten sat back on its haunches, twitching its wide fluffy tail and watching her curiously

Salt It was no lake she was surrounded by, but the sea What sea? What sea abutted Scotland? She’d never been good with geography; she was lucky she could find her way hoain, she mused, never before in one of her drearaphy--ly abnored on the rocky shore, shaking her head Either she’d gone coht her forehead and thinking hard, the soft syllables of a rhy in his century

Jane Sillee, you’ve finally done it, she chided herself, you’ve read one too et swept back in ti to her feet, she spun back toward the castle and took a long, hard look at her surroundings To the left of the castle, soe of thatch-roofed, wattle, and daub huts, with tendrils of se