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She rolled off ofEven with her gone I still felt out of breath

I glanced over at her to see her looking at me with her head propped up on her ar I was a hard person to startle or surprise and she'd done both in a matter of seconds

"You're awfully sure of yourself aren't you?"

She nodded silently as she continued to watch me

I craned my head around to see if I was even now the subject of e witnesses, but I saw no faces They'd all been thrown flat too and I had come to the forward area of the boat and was now sunk down in the netting out of view of the latter part of the boat

She may have been entirely wanton in her pri races not to make a fool out of iven her recent primal outburst and declaration of intent to be my mate

I looked back to her and despite the oddity of the situation and the rampant confusion on my part I said as honestly as I could to her, "Look Keturah, you need to get soht for you Find someone else I have bad luck written all over aze fell fro for a uess I'll have to wait until you are available then"

In frustration I asked, "Why would you do that? You don't even knohat kind of man I am! How can you be so foolish?"

She was quiet for a , "You're the man I've waited and savedyour woman will be mine You're the foolish one here to think to resist ard her in co?" I exclaimed

For the first time since I had met her I saw the evidence that I had truly hurt her and I cringed inside as I saw a little of the zesty life dim out of her eyes as she flatly responded with, "It's been said of ood fortune on my part to have found you the opposite could be said of you I'm afraid"