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For adown at her with a troubled expression He brushed a strand of hair back froht he was going to shoot you" He was silent aFinally he grimaced "I froze"

Alex wasn't one to lose his head in an eency She frowned up at hiun in your face You remained calm You just closed your eyes and waited for it to happen" Alex pulled her close, gently guiding her head to his chest and stroking her hair When he finally spoke, his voice was controlled "I just stood there"

She lifted her head and looked at hi either of us could do"

"You did so"

She frowned "What did I do?"

He shook his head "At least you stood up to him"

She leaned against hiainst her chest "In case you have forgotten, I was so frightened that I fainted"

"I haven't forgotten You hit the ground before I finally founda gun on you"

His laugh was short and humorless "He was so shocked that he didn't notice un away from him, but I didn't think about it"

So that was it He was chastising hi able to protect her To Alex, that was his most important role as a husband

She slid her ared you on this vacation when you didn't want to go I insisted on co out here in the erous; and I didn't believe you when you warneddeal With an ounce of prevention on my part, this could have been avoided So tell et to be your fault?"

For a moment he simply held her close When he finally spoke, his voice sounded tired "Five years ago I would have reacted faster I er over his lips to silence hie, Alex Back there in the cabin you reacted so quickly that I'un at ave up You not only had the situation he created to react to, but the one I created as well It all happened so fast that neither of us had ti When we had time to think about it, we resolved the issue" She put her arave him a coy smile "And here we are"