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When he escorted her to the door of her tent, true to his word, he didn’t press her for as ht If he had, would she have offered hi it would put her quickly to sleep At least in her dreams, she could enjoy the man The wine did have the desired effect

Withindown, her brain filled with ies of Duncan, and what life could be like with him

Grainna hovered over Tara’s bed and watched her sleep Slipping into her druggeda hot knife to butter Grainna added force by lightly touching Tara’s temples before she started her chant Visions and verses swirled in her head and remained behind the curtain of dreae of the led in her rest, her mind dark She frowned in her sleep, and for a brief moment, Grainna worried Tara would wake

To her horror, Tara replaced Duncan’s forht to erase the iainst the sheer will of a first love After hours of fighting, she gave up and worked with the man Tara desired The vows Grainna chanted into Tara’s subconscious were easily placed once the vision of Duncan was secure

Her task coht alteration in her plans

The aspirin did nothing to resolve the headache plaguing her To Tara’s relief, Cassy looked as bad as she felt “Where were you last night?” Tara forced the black coffee down even though it made her queasy

Cassy picked her head off her folded arured But where and ho?”

“This is going to sound bad, but I don’t re after you and Duncan left We both assumed you would end up here, so we stayed away Once Fin saw Duncan return, he took off I was on my way to see you, when the hunky blond you danced with last night stopped by You know the one?”

With a nod from Tara she continued “We danced a bit, drank too ot in here last night, or what time it was”

Tara’s brow creased “You and he didn’t”

“No We didn’t I guess I drank too ed after sipping her coffee “I’reed

Tara had already filled Cassy in on what had happened with Duncan She agreed to leave first thing in the ht they would go after dinner

Gwen arrived an hour before the gain “There you both are I orried e didn’t see you at breakfast this ave them a syht, for both of you Well, I can fix that” She opened the bag she kept at her side

Gwen removed what looked to be a packet of herbs and mixed them with the water She divided it between them both “Drink It’s my own special blend to help clear the cobwebs”

Desperate, Cassy downed the brew in one quick s Tara looked at it suspiciously

“Drink it or not It makes no difference to owns they were both to wear for the day

Tara’s was a pale gold and white, virginal and perfect for a woman ould be handfasted at the end of the day

Tara and Cassy had already signed releases, so their ies could be plastered all over next year’s brochures