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Silent Vows Catherine Bybee 18820K 2023-09-01

"And?"

"Nothing really I worked it up in er than it was There was no spark I thoughtwrong, so I kissed him back"

"Was there a spark the second time?"

"Not fro, for he didn’t hear my father when he walked around the corner and found us"

"Poor Daniel" Todd faked a syhtning out of the sky, nearly catching the stables on fire He was so angry" She shook her head, re "It rained for a solid week"

"Your father can control the weather?"

"Aye His storreatest gift"

Clearly alarht about your fa at my feet"

"My father would dois instant Laird Ian would demand you marry me"

His hand stilled in her hair, his body stiffened

"Relax, Sir Blakely My father has no way of coht"

"That is where you are wrong You may not have those titles in this tiht You’ve dedicated your life to righting people’s wrongs You uphold the laws of your land

Your chivalry would not go unnoticed inme blush"

"Make fun if you iven the chance"

"Is that your way of asking me to come home to meet the parents?" It was easy to tease when the act was i shot by lightning? You’re asking a lot from a mere mortal"

She realized then she asked tooif he was able to travel through time Only Druids were entrusted with the stones Myra wasn’t willing to risk his life to find out

Firelight played off the walls, casting shadows over them both Myra fell asleep next to him, and he didn’t want to move He watched the rhythmic movement of her chest and felt the small puff of air from her heart shaped, pink lips when she exhaled

He’d never watched a woman sleep before Never wanted to

When the last flalow of the ashes, both of the, her mind slipped into his

She was completely unaware that their dreams mixed There she saw herself as he did She stood in front of hi of all her curves

Her hair flowed free of any binding, and settled at her waist She sensed his longing to touch it To touch her

He undressed her with his mind, caressed every curve Her body arched in her sleep, her lips parted and gasped when his hands possessed her in his dream