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"Nay, I do! I have clan all o’er the Highlands My Highlands My hoht of his clan that sustained hi had tried to steal that other, ht from him, so he’d built a tower of ice around it to keep it safe

"Everyone in your clan died a hundred years ago, you fool Forget!"

"Nay! My people are not dead" But he knew they were Naught but dust returned to the Highland soil

"Everyone for whooes on without you You are "

And then the darker ian… and went on and on until there was nothing left but a single frozen tear and ice where once had beat a heart that held the hallowed blood of Scottish kings

He pushed her away, roaring

Stunned, Jane fell back on the bed Bewildered by his abrupt leave-taking, she sta to clear it, to understand as happening One minute he’d been about to make wildly passionate love to her, the next he was five feet away, looking horrified "Why did you stop?"

"I can’t do this!" he shouted "It hurts too much!"

"Aedan--it’s just--"

"Nay! I canna, lass!" Eyes wild, tre visibly, he turned and stormed fro in his dark gaze

Not before she saw the first faint hint of awareness of who and what he really was

"Oh, you know," she breathed to the empty room "You know" Chills shivered down her spine